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How Apollo 13 Launched With a Bomb on Board

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By Amy Shira Teitel

150 Years After the Civil War: Reflections on Medical Care

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By Brooke Borel

Celebrating Apollo 13’s Anniversary in Style

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Here’s What the Beginnings of Spaceflight Looked Like in the 1950s

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By Amy Shira Teitel

How To Build A Roman Catapult In Your Backyard

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How To Build A Roman Catapult In Your Backyard How To Build A Roman Catapult In Your Backyard

By William Gurstelle

Kublai Khan And The Mongols Were Terrible Polluters

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By Mary Beth Griggs

Once, People Thought Chocolate Could Make You Pregnant

Once, People Thought Chocolate Could Make You Pregnant Once, People Thought Chocolate Could Make You Pregnant

By Francie Diep

The Forgotten Artifacts Neil Armstrong Brought Back From The Moon

The Forgotten Artifacts Neil Armstrong Brought Back From The Moon The Forgotten Artifacts Neil Armstrong Brought Back From The Moon

By Francie Diep

In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins

In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins In a Fight Between a Pilot and his Aircraft, Sometimes the Rocket Plane Wins

By Amy Shira Teitel

How do Planetary Flybys Work?

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Why was the Saturn V Black and White?

Why was the Saturn V Black and White? Why was the Saturn V Black and White?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Here’s What Christmas Looks Like on the Moon

Here’s What Christmas Looks Like on the Moon Here’s What Christmas Looks Like on the Moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

Bored Gemini V Astronauts Took These Amazing Images Of Earth From Space

Bored Gemini V Astronauts Took These Amazing Images Of Earth From Space Bored Gemini V Astronauts Took These Amazing Images Of Earth From Space

By Amy Shira Teitel

Radar image City of Rio de Janeiro

This Is What A Shipwreck Looks Like After 113 Years This Is What A Shipwreck Looks Like After 113 Years

By Mary Beth Griggs

Proof Of Japan’s Kamikaze Typhoons Found In Ancient Rocks

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By Mary Beth Griggs

Getting The X-15 Up To Speed

Getting The X-15 Up To Speed Getting The X-15 Up To Speed

By Amy Shira Teitel

Genesis of the X-15 Rocket Plane

Genesis of the X-15 Rocket Plane Genesis of the X-15 Rocket Plane

By Amy Shira Teitel

It’s Official: Skeleton Found Under Parking Lot Is Richard III

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By Mary Beth Griggs

The 11 Most Important Cats Of Science

The 11 Most Important Cats Of Science The 11 Most Important Cats Of Science

NSFW Lunar EVA Checklists

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By Amy Shira Teitel

NASA’s (Un)Censored Moonwalkers

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By Amy Shira Teitel

How Supercomputing Is Cracking The Mysteries Of Human Origins

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By Andrew Rosenblum

Apollo 12’s Tuna Problem

Apollo 12’s Tuna Problem Apollo 12’s Tuna Problem

By Amy Shira Teitel

Apollo 12’S Was A Launch With Lunches And Lightning Strikes

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Meet Joe Engle, A Pilot Who Flew A Rocket Plane Into Space

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Operation Plumbbob and the Psychology of a Nuclear Blast

Operation Plumbbob and the Psychology of a Nuclear Blast Operation Plumbbob and the Psychology of a Nuclear Blast

By Amy Shira Teitel

Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness

Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness Operation Cue, A.K.A. Nuking Houses for Emergency Preparedness

By Amy Shira Teitel

Atomic Pin Up Girls

Atomic Pin Up Girls Atomic Pin Up Girls

By Amy Shira Teitel

Researchers May Have Found A Fragment of Amelia Earhart’s Plane

Researchers May Have Found A Fragment of Amelia Earhart’s Plane Researchers May Have Found A Fragment of Amelia Earhart’s Plane

By Mary Beth Griggs

Rocking A Rocket: The Saturn 500F Shake Test

Rocking A Rocket: The Saturn 500F Shake Test Rocking A Rocket: The Saturn 500F Shake Test

By Amy Shira Teitel

Dr. Strughold’s Flight with a Numbed Bum

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By Amy Shira Teitel

A Few Questions For Steven Johnson: Why Innovation Is In Everything

A Few Questions For Steven Johnson: Why Innovation Is In Everything A Few Questions For Steven Johnson: Why Innovation Is In Everything

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Eisenhower’s Meeting with a Missile Nose Cone

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Using Lasers To Save Earth’s Cultural Monuments

Using Lasers To Save Earth’s Cultural Monuments Using Lasers To Save Earth’s Cultural Monuments

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize

Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize Why A Blue LED Is Worth A Nobel Prize

By Francie Diep

Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side

Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side Our First Look at the Moon’s Far Side

By Amy Shira Teitel

Throwback Thursday: WWII Prep, Hurricane Houses, And Texas Gunslingers

Throwback Thursday: WWII Prep, Hurricane Houses, And Texas Gunslingers Throwback Thursday: WWII Prep, Hurricane Houses, And Texas Gunslingers

By Rafi Letzter

A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator

A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator A 1958 Birthday Greeting to NASA from its First Administrator

By Amy Shira Teitel

John Paul Stapp, a Real Life Rocket (Sled) Man

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?

Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket? Want to Watch Fuel Slosh Around Inside a Saturn Rocket?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Apollo Rocketed Through the Van Allen Belts

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By Amy Shira Teitel

Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now Mapping the Apollo Landing Sites, Then and Now

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Lunar Rover: Designing and Unpacking a Car on the Moon

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By Amy Shira Teitel

The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar

The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar The Most Aptly Named Dyna-Soar

By Amy Shira Teitel

When NASA Repurposed the Vehicle Assembly Building for Parachute Tests

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By Amy Shira Teitel

How Apollo Flew Without Wings

How Apollo Flew Without Wings How Apollo Flew Without Wings

By Amy Shira Teitel

Proof we landed on the Moon is in the dust

Proof we landed on the Moon is in the dust Proof we landed on the Moon is in the dust

By Amy Shira Teitel

How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon

How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon How Apollo 11’s astronauts spent their 22 hours on the moon

By Amy Shira Teitel

NASA’s VAB: a Garage for the Saturn V

NASA’s VAB: a Garage for the Saturn V NASA’s VAB: a Garage for the Saturn V

By Amy Shira Teitel

Riding Rocket to the Battlefield

Riding Rocket to the Battlefield Riding Rocket to the Battlefield

By Amy Shira Teitel

The Alberts, Spaceflight’s Unsung Heroes

The Alberts, Spaceflight’s Unsung Heroes The Alberts, Spaceflight’s Unsung Heroes

By Amy Shira Teitel

Dueling Amerika Bombers

Dueling Amerika Bombers Dueling Amerika Bombers

By Amy Shira Teitel

Eugen Sänger: Germany’s Other Rocket Genius

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By Amy Shira Teitel

The Many Lives of ISEE-3

The Many Lives of ISEE-3 The Many Lives of ISEE-3

By Amy Shira Teitel

Want to Relive the Excitement of Apollo 10?

Want to Relive the Excitement of Apollo 10? Want to Relive the Excitement of Apollo 10?

By Amy Shira Teitel

Rocketing Through (Simulated) Space with Jet Shoes

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By Amy Shira Teitel

To The Moon With C-1s Or Bust!

To The Moon With C-1s Or Bust! To The Moon With C-1s Or Bust!

By Amy Shira Teitel

Houbolt in front of blackboard

Remembering John Houbolt, NASA’s Voice in the Wilderness Remembering John Houbolt, NASA’s Voice in the Wilderness

By Amy Shira Teitel

Apollo food packs.

When Bacon Flew to the Moon; or, #spacebacon When Bacon Flew to the Moon; or, #spacebacon

By Amy Shira Teitel

How Many Martinis Can You Fit Inside a V-2 Missile?

How Many Martinis Can You Fit Inside a V-2 Missile? How Many Martinis Can You Fit Inside a V-2 Missile?

By Amy Shira Teitel

astronaut in space

Bruce McCandless’ Terrifying-Looking Spacewalk Bruce McCandless’ Terrifying-Looking Spacewalk

By Amy Shira Teitel

Max Valier: Modern Rocketry’s First Casualty

Max Valier: Modern Rocketry’s First Casualty Max Valier: Modern Rocketry’s First Casualty

By Amy Shira Teitel

Max Valier’s 1924 Thoughts on Rocket Planes Max Valier’s 1924 Thoughts on Rocket Planes

By Amy Shira Teitel

Hugh Latimer Dryden

Should NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Centre be Renamed for Neil Armstrong? Should NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Centre be Renamed for Neil Armstrong?

By Amy Shira Teitel