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Why NASA Wants an Equatorial Launch Site – Part II
In the first part of this series, we discussed how NASA lacks an equatorial launch site and how such an asset could be really important to reducing launch costs for national space agencies and private sector launch providers.
Why NASA Wants an Equatorial Launch Site – Part I
NASA is by far the most well-funded, well-developed space agency on the planet. Even as its budget -- relative to total U.S. tax income -- has continually been reduced over the decades since the Apollo era, NASA still receives several times the funding of its largest international competitors.
This Week in Space! October 20, 1970 – the Soviet Zond 8 Mission
This week in 1970 the Soviet Union launched the last spacecraft of its Zond (Russian for “probe”) program. Known as Zond 8, the spacecraft was sent to take images of the lunar surface.
First All-Female Spacewalk Watched by Thousands of Viewers
We Asked NASA: Is It Possible to Hack into a Spacesuit?
PSW Science Live-Streaming Immortal Spacecraft Lecture
PSW Science is live-streaming a space-related lecture, which will take place at the John Wesley Powell Auditorium in Washington, D.C., at 8:00 p.m. tonight.
Take a First Look at NASA's Black Hole Simulator
The Growing Threat of Orbital Debris in Our Atmosphere
There are hundreds of satellites, 8,000 tons of junk and more than 500,000 pieces of debris that are tracked as they circle the planet. This orbital debris and the speeds at which it travels increases the potential danger to both manned and unmanned space vehicles due to the increased potential for collision-related damage.
Exploring Saturn's Mysterious North Pole Hexagon
The peerless Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí once proclaimed there are no straight lines in nature. Born in the 1850s, he clearly lived in a time when Saturn’s mysteries were still somewhat enigmatic. Gaudí is proof that intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.