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- Geek Trivia: Pioneer and far
- In many cultures, Friday the 13th is occasionally considered bad luck, but at least for 2008, Friday, June 13 will mark a momentous if only mildly inaccurate anniversary. On June 13, 1983, the space probe Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the solar system... sort of. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Images: Orion spacecraft prepares for moon landing
- The Orion spacecraft, replacement for the space shuttle and the vehicle that will take astronauts back to the moon, will fly in 2008.
- Image galleries 2007-08-03
- Images: A vision for an asteroid mission
- A private company in Santa Cruz, Calif., uses its 3D rendering technology to simulate a spacecraft landing on an asteroid.
- Image galleries 2007-07-30
- Photos: Asteroid hunters leaving/returning to Earth
- While NASA plans to launch its Dawn probe to visit two asteroids, a Japanese spacecraft, loaded with asteroid dirt, limps toward home.
- Image galleries 2007-06-27
- Photos: New evidence of water on Mars
- Mars rover Spirit and the Mars Express spacecraft have found more clues that indicate the Red Planet was teeming with water.
- Image galleries 2007-05-22
- Photos: Explosive views from Jupiter
- Active volcanos, monster storms and captured debris of Jupiter and its moons were captured by the New Horizons spacecraft.
- Image galleries 2007-05-01
- Images: Hot news about the sun
- The Hinode spacecraft and STEREO satellites are taking never-before-seen images of the sun--including some in 3D.
- Image galleries 2007-04-23
- Photos: Searching for Earth-size planets
- At an open meeting at the SETI Institute, scientists discuss NASA's plans to use the new Kepler spacecraft to search for Earth-size planets orbiting stars.
- Image galleries 2007-04-13
- Geek Trivia: Fire(arms) in the sky
- What was the only externally armed manned spacecraft ever flown? On May 3, 2003, Expedition 6 astronauts Kenneth Bowersox and Donald Pettit, along with cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, endured a particularly nerve-racking reentry when their Soyuz capsule malfunctioned during its descent from the International Space Station before...
- Technical articles 2007-03-27
- Photos: Pluto probe returns photos of Jupiter
- The New Horizons spacecraft is sending back its closest photos of Jupiter and some of its moons as it slingshots past the planet to gain speed on its journey to Pluto.
- Image galleries 2007-02-28
- Photos: Best photos of Saturn--and the winners are
- NASA asked people to vote for the best image taken by the Cassini spacecraft as it nears two full years on its visit to the ringed planet. Mars rovers' photo contest winners
- Image galleries 2007-01-24
- Photos: NASA spacecraft set to monitor sun
- Twin spacecraft will be the first ever to measure explosive solar storms in 3D.
- Image galleries 2006-10-25
- Photos: New ring around Saturn
- The Cassini spacecraft makes new discoveries as it passes behind the ringed planet Saturn.
- Image galleries 2006-09-20
- Everyone's favorite spaceflight in-jokes
- In our June 21, 2006 edition of Geek Trivia, "Space ship, too," I challenged my readership to select four spaceship namesakes for four future Virgin Galactic passenger spacecraft, preferably inspired by science and/or science fiction. Over 100 entries later, seven spacecraft (and/or auteurs of same) rose above...
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Geek Trivia: Space ship, too
- What is the planned name for the first Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo passenger spacecraft? Two years ago, outer space finally went public when a crazy bunch of entrepreneurs (well, a billionaire and a genius aerospace engineer, anyway) took spaceflight private. On June 21, 2004, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne...
- Technical articles 2006-06-20
- Geek Trivia: Ahead of its time (and space)
- What still-experimental propulsive technique was Mariner 10 the first spacecraft to use? It's space-probe celebration time again, boys and girls, as we mark the 32nd anniversary of Mariner 10's first flyby of the planet Mercury. On March 29, 1974, Mariner 10 became the first—and, to date, only—spacecraft...
- Technical articles 2006-03-28
- Geek Trivia: A lasting impact
- 10 Centimeters? Per what?This isn't really a CORRECTION, since I don't know the answer myself, and am not looking it up, but you can't say "a 10 centimeter course change" and have it MEAN anything in celestial mechanics; obviously there is a VELOCITY change at some point to cause...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-11
- Geek Trivia: Star(ship) of the silver screen
- What impending motion picture will feature a cameo from Richard Branson and a Virgin Galactic spacecraft? It's time to send out belated birthday wishes to a milestone moment in aerospace history: June 21 marked the one-year anniversary of SpaceShipOne's first manned spaceflight. In the intervening 380...
- Technical articles 2005-07-01
- Geek Trivia: Space to move
- Test your command ofuseless knowledge by subscribing to TechRepublic's Geek Trivia e-newsletter. Automaticallysign up today!The University of Washington made headlines in October thisyear when it announced a novel spacecraft design that, if ever technicallyrealized, could make it possible for astronauts to travel to Mars and back in90 days, rather than...
- Technical articles 2004-11-30
- Geek Trivia: Overhead costs
- Test your command of useless knowledge by subscribing to TechRepublic's Geek Trivia e-newsletter. Automatically sign up today!In the early morning hours Eastern Standard Time of March 23, 2001, the Russian space station Mir tore apart during a planned reentry over the Southern Pacific Ocean, ending roughly 15 years of service...
- Technical articles 2004-03-23
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