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Straight from NASA itself, explore the daily activities, scientific experiments, and crucial maintenance tasks carried out by USA astronauts and researchers – all in four minutes or less. Stay updated with the freshest news from space, learning how the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the International Space Station, continue to push the boundaries of human knowledge and technology every day. An ElectraCast Production.

New York Times Bestseller An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist...

As NASA prepared for the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, many African American leaders protested the billions of dollars used to fund "space joyrides" rather than help tackle poverty, inequality, and discrimination at home. This volume examines such tensions as well as the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration aligned with the cause of racial equality. It provides new insights into the complex relationship between the space program and the civil rights movement in the Jim Crow South and abroad.

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NASA's Dream Chaser Tenacity: A New Era of Space Exploration NASA's latest addition to its fleet, the Dream Chaser Tenacity, recently arrived at Kennedy Space Center, marking a significant milestone in the future of space transportation. Developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), this spaceplane is designed to revolutionize how we access and utilize low Earth orbit. The arrival of the Dream Chaser Tenacity represents a culmination of years of hard work, innovation, and collaboration between NASA, SNC, and various partners across the aerospace industry. The Dream Chaser Tenacity is not just ...

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"NASA Announces Extension of 9 Spacecraft Missions" is from the July 02, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Kenneth Chang and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Where Will NASA Go in the Age of Trump?" is from the December 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Dennis Overbye and narrated by Kristi Burns.

A New Scientist Best Popular Science Book of 2023 How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet. One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep—like so many of us feeling anxious and...

Grégory Dubos, ingénieur aérospatial au Jet Propulsion Laboratory, au centre de la NASA à Pasadena en Californie (États-Unis). Originaire de Thonon-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie), Gregory Dubos est le seul Français ayant participé aux opérations du projet de la mission Mars 2020. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

For thousands of years, mankind advanced slowly, then suddenly, we took to the skies, created machines to think for us, and devised weapons of mass destruction dwarfing the industrial revolution with the technology revolution. The scientific advancements we now consider part of our everyday lives surged forward with one peculiar event - global sightings of UFO's. In 1936, a UFO crashed in the Black Forest of Germany. Hitler ordered a full scale investigation and the Nazis began reverse engineering the technology.

For thousands of years mankind advanced slowly, then suddenly we took to the skies, created machines to think for us, and devised weapons of mass destruction, dwarfing the industrial revolution with the technological revolution. The scientific advancements we now consider parts of our everyday lives surged forward with one peculiar event - global sightings of UFOs. In 1936 a UFO crashed in the Black Forest of Germany. Hitler ordered a full scale investigation, and the Nazis began reverse engineering the technology.

The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental. With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the 1960s culture wars.