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Did the Geminids come from a comet or an asteroid ?
Soon after the asteroid numbered 3200 was discovered in 1983 the similarity of its orbit to the Geminid meteor stream was noticed. Meteor streams are usually associated with comets but, despite carefu… more →
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The Makings of a Good Bar Story
Travis Tamerius wrote 5 days ago: Here’s an interesting read from a few weeks back. The owner of one of my favorite local … more →
Detecting Meteors Using Radio
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newburyas wrote 1 week ago: You can tell when a meteor has entered the Earths atmosphere any time of the day or night using radi … more →
Guest post : Wright brothers or Wrong brothers ?
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andyxl wrote 5 months ago: I am now back in the UK but decompressing… Here is a timely Apollo-11 type guest post from old … more →
One Giant Leap
cosmodrome wrote 5 months ago: Or was it a just a small step? Anyway, it was 40 years ago. What? The Moon landing, of course! Born … more →
NASA spaceflight technology continues to tread water
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sanityinjection wrote 5 months ago: The ironic complement to the great success of the expansion of the International Space Station is th … more →
NASA Review Committee to Hold Public Meeting on July 30 in Cocoa Beach
tim846 wrote 5 months ago: What: public meeting of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee When: July 30, 2009 fr … more →
Hawaii Could Become Launch Site for Space Tourism
expansionarytimes wrote 5 months ago: Friday , July 10, 2009 HONOLULU — Space pioneers envision launching high-end Hawaii tourists from … more →
Twenty Thousand Leagues Above the Sea - Jules Verne was only a first step
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zerogranger wrote 5 months ago: There have been many European astronauts in space up to now, yet by far not as many as US or Russian … more →
Guinness Beer Offers Drinkers Chance to Win Space Flight
beckyminx wrote 5 months ago: Guinness has launched a competition offering drinkers the chance to win a trip into space aboard Sir … more →
So how does this spaceflight of yours actually work? - or Spaceflight Dynamics Part I
zerogranger wrote 6 months ago: I know it has been almost two weeks since I last posted – but it really does not feel like it. … more →
Don't Throw Rice in Zero-G!
halfastro wrote 6 months ago: There are few firsts left when it comes to marriage and we are about to enter the final frontier. W … more →
Fred and Matroshka, Sitting on the ISS...
halfastro wrote 7 months ago: One of the big problems with going beyond low Earth orbit (LEO for those who like acryonyms) is that … more →
A Humbling Encounter
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Carol J. Garvin wrote 7 months ago: Throughout my life I have encountered a great many people but I’ve rarely stopped to consider the po … more →
Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
suzsspace wrote 7 months ago: Apollo 13 is the story of a moon walk that turned into a rescue mission. It was written in conjuncti … more →
For What May Lie Ahead
tristramsteiner wrote 7 months ago: This story about a year and a half old. It was one of the first short stories I was still proud of m … more →
Invasion From Outer Space: Truth Stranger Than Science Fiction!
breakthroughtogod wrote 7 months ago: www.dailymail.co.uk On October 30, 1938, several hundred thousand Americans experienced the most sha … more →
Lunar Maps
cosmodrome wrote 8 months ago: I don’t know how I have missed this one. The Lunar and Planetary Institute provides hight reso … more →
65 seconds
ccc wrote 9 months ago: i’ve never been in space, i’m not going into space, and i’ve never met an astronau … more →
The name
cosmodrome wrote 9 months ago: What is a Cosmodrome? It’s the Russian name for space port. Russian space flight have always b … more →
