🚨: Engineers just proposed a 36 mile long spacecraft called 'Chrysalis' that could carry 2400 people to Alpha Centauri, just 4 light-years away from us, on one way trip. The journey will take 400 years!
The passengers who board it will never see Earth again. Neither will their children. Or their grandchildren.
On November 12, 1966, during the , astronaut captured this iconic image of the Gemini spacecraft while performing a standup EVA from the open hatch. The photograph revealed the forward section of the spacecraft and its adapter module as Aldrin conducted important tests in microgravity. Gemini 12 became one of NASA’s most significant preparation missions for Apollo, proving that astronauts could safely and effectively work outside a spacecraft for extended periods.
Earlier Gemini missions had shown how exhausting spacewalks could be, but Aldrin applied carefully planned techniques based on underwater training and body stabilization methods. Using handholds, tethers, and improved procedures, he successfully completed multiple EVAs totaling more than five hours. These lessons directly influenced the design of later Apollo moonwalks, helping astronauts move and work more efficiently on the lunar surface during humanity’s first landings on the Moon.
Image Credit: NASA
This might be the most detailed Moon image ever captured
1000 frames stacked using a Nikon Z8 and Takahashi TSA-120 telescope, producing a stunning 40MP masterpiece
Happy International Women’s Day
to all the ladies who shape our lives. This year I pay tribute to Katherine Johnson who’s elite skills in Mathematics helped propel 🚀 mankind to the moon 🌖 and beyond.
Great question!
@NASA’s observations show that this is the third interstellar comet to pass through our solar system. No aliens. No threat to life here on Earth.
3 = the third
I = interstellar, meaning from beyond our solar system
ATLAS = discovered by our Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) team
We love your excitement about our Artemis mission to the Moon. You’re officially invited to launch at Kennedy Space Center!
Nearly 10 years after a jewel-encrusted solid gold sculpture of an eagle was allegedly stolen in one of Metro Vancouver's most bizarre and high-profile crimes, the legal fallout is still winding its way through B.C. courts.
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