Jan 7, 2021 | NASA, Space News, Space Programs
Image: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday aboard the first commercially built and operated American spacecraft to carry humans to orbit, opening a new era in human spaceflight. Source: NASA By Larry...
Jun 18, 2008 | Lunar Bases, NASA, Space Policy
A Lunar base with astronauts exploring with their rover By Ned Dodds, 4/18/2008 When you come right down to it, the bottom line isn’t the bottom line. Space exploration is not about the cost. And it’s not about fixing all our problems at home first either....
Nov 30, 2006 | NASA, Space History
A glimpse of America’s cautious journey through the space race By Nicki Timian, Nov. 30, 2006 The lecture, Gemini: Stepping Stones to the Moon, given on Wednesday night at the Alder Planetarium and delivered by Jim Plaxco of the Chicago Society for Space...
Aug 18, 2006 | NASA, Space Science
Story by Jim Kovac Images credited to JPL/NASA August 18, 2006 Figure 1. Artist’s impression of Cassini-Huygens at Saturn As a destination, Saturn together with its system of rings and moons provides an unbelievably diverse combination of alien environments and...