In 1975, the Soviet Union did something that had never been done in space before. They fired a gun from a space station, the one and only time such a
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Kevin Gill/Flickr CC BY 2.0 A strange planet was discovered in May 2020, 855 light-years from Earth in the Hercules constellation, that is five times larger than Jupiter and has
On September 13, 1985, U.S. Air Force pilot, Major Wilbert “Doug” Pearson, shot down a satellite while piloting an F-15A Eagle fighter aircraft. He became the first pilot ever to
Astronauts can’t just pull off their helmets and take a big whiff to discover what the smell of space is like, but they have discovered that space has a distinct
NASA/JPL Here is a collection of completely random facts about a fascinating blue planet very far from us that is named after a god of the sea. The planet Neptune.
NASA/JPL If you would like an impossible challenge, try flying a kite or doing anything else in the winds on the planet Neptune. It’s guaranteed to be pretty ugly because
Way back in 1977, Voyager 1 was one of two probes launched by NASA, with its primary mission being the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn. It made a famous fictional
In August 1971, astronauts on the Apollo 15 mission placed a small aluminum sculpture and a plaque on the moon that commemorated the deaths of fourteen U.S. astronauts and Soviet
The most well-known star by far is the North Star, but it’s not really just one star in the night sky. Polaris, or the “North Star,” is actually a set
[caption id=”attachment_4208″ align=”aligncenter” width=”700″] Youtube[/caption] On May 31, 2017, a new kind of aircraft that looks unlike any other was unveiled for the first time at the Mojave Air and
We see it every night, and without it, things would be very different here on Earth. Here’s some facts you might have missed about that big rock over our heads
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