This Space Museum in Central Kansas Was Worth the 20 Hour Drive
Hutchinson, Kansas isn’t the kind of place you’d wind up if you weren’t looking to. The placid prairie town sits a…
Cold War Nuclear Explosions Freakishly Impacted Space Weather
The overdrawn game of nuclear chicken between the USSR and the United States—now known as the Cold War—lasted about 45…
Here Are The Jobs NASA Can't Fill Because of Trump's Stupid Hiring Freeze
One of President Trump’s first actions after taking office was to institute a federal hiring freeze, leaving thousands…
American Space Legend John Glenn Has Died at 95
John Glenn, an aviation legend and the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, died this afternoon at the age of…
Europe's First Mars Lander Came 'Excruciatingly Close' to Success
Landing on Mars is hard, but the European Space Agency’s first attempt—the Beagle 2 probe—came maddeningly close to…
A Solar Flare Almost Sparked a Nuclear War in 1967
On May 23rd, 1967, the United States Air Force scrambled to ready nuclear missile-laden aircraft for deployment. Radar…
This Awesome Vintage Astronaut Equipment Is Suprisingly Cheap
A flown spacesuit from an ISS mission, a navigational globe from an Soyuz mission in the 1970s, lunar navigation charts…
The Truth About That 'Classified Alien Music' Everybody's Freaking Out About
The internet was all abuzz today over newly-declassified tape of Apollo 10 astronauts catching a broadcast of alien…
An Optical Illusion Has Been Tricking Everyone About the Size of Saturn’s Rings for Centuries
Look at this picture of Saturn. Can you see the biggest ring? Are you sure?
What China's Yutu Rover Learned on the Moon
A team of scientists has finished analyzing rocks collected by the Chinese lunar rover Yutu in 2013 — the first…
The First Time NASA Docked with a Soviet Spacecraft in Orbit
Two spacecraft drifted closer to one another far above planet Earth, as they prepared to dock. It was July 17th, 1975,…
We've Had Some Amazing Trips to Venus and It's Time to Go Back
After decades of neglect, Venus might just be making a comeback. Late last month, NASA announced five finalists for the…
Father Of The Space Shuttle, George Mueller, Dies At Age 97
George Mueller, the NASA administrator who helped steer the agency during the 1960s and was known as the ‘father of the…
Smithsonian Kickstarter Campaign Raises Over $700,000 to Restore Apollo Spacesuits
It’s official. The Smithsonian’s crowdfunding campaign to preserve and display Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit…
In 1969, the Apollo 11 Astronauts Reunited With Their Families (Sort Of)
Neil Armstrong (blowing a kiss to his sons) is flanked by Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin on July 27, 1969 at Ellington…
When We Discovered Pluto, It Changed How We Saw The Solar System
On the 23rd and 24th of January, 1930, a young astronomer working in Flagstaff, Arizona, scanned a small patch of the…
50 Years Ago, NASA Astronauts Smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich Into Space
On March 23, 1965, astronaut John Young reached into his pocket and offered his crewmate Gus Grissom a corned beef…
The Complete History Of Ceres, The Planet (?) Between Mars And Jupiter
Over the last couple of weeks, the Dawn Spacecraft has been beaming back spectacular pictures of Ceres – a world,…
Vintage Cigarette Boxes Feature Designs From The Soviet Space Program
In earlier decades, when someone reached for a smoke, they might shake out a cigarette from a box featuring the…
Vintage Memorabilia Celebrates The Soviet Union's Cosmonaut Dogs
The canine members of Soviet Union's space program were stars, symbols of the nation's technological future. And so,…