In 1975, NASA sent a pocket calculator on Apollo-Soyuz as a backup if its main computer failed; 37 years later, it ended up at the Smithsonian

NASA utilized an HP-65 calculator as a crucial backup system during the Apollo-Soyuz mission. This programmable device ...
Only In Your State

This Tiny Mississippi Town is Hiding a Massive Piece of Space History

Pearlington, Mississippi, is home to the Saturn V booster from the canceled Apollo 19 launch. Discover how it got there.
ZME Science

This Historian Interviewed Nearly Every Woman Astronaut and Learned How They Changed NASA Forever

Historian Valerie Neal reveals how women astronauts transformed NASA and redefined what it means to explore space.
Edmonton Journal

Northern B.C. SpaceModel Museum prepares for back-to-school visitors

With another school year underway, Nick Proach is ready to blast off. He’s busy putting finishing touches on a full tour and presentation designed to bring the history of spaceflight to students at ...
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Scientists find a new way to search for gravitational waves using the Moon

Lunar lasers and binary pulsars could turn familiar astronomical systems into detectors for ancient gravitational waves.
Kauai Now

Briefs for Sept. 16: University of Hawaiʻi research, student program and outreach events

Emily Costello, research scientist at the Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology in the University of Hawaiʻi at ...
The Tech Edvocate

Could Moon Dust Alien Technology Reveal Humanity’s Biggest Secret?

Spread the loveImagine, for a moment, that the answer to one of humanity’s most profound questions – ‘Are we alone?’ – isn’t ...
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'141 Feet Deep, Wider Than Two Football Fields': NASA Spacecraft Discovers Huge New Crater On Moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered the solar system's largest recent impact crater on the Moon, formed two ...