The Stratos jump, in LEGO
Lego reenactment of the Red Bull Stratos jump. Scale 1:350. The post The Stratos jump, in LEGO appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Cats free-falling from space
Created by combatcameraman on b3ta. Felix the cat! (Via: crackajack.de. Thanks, Tara McGinley) Parachuting from 120,000 feet – Boing Boing Felix Baumgartner jumps with a parachute from space –...
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Vintage futures: Next Stop Mars, 1952
In the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, reader JMV shares this wonderful scan of a 1952 feature from the Vancouver Sun's "Weekend Picture Magazine" on the coming age of travel to Mars. Illustration by Edgar...
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Atlantis returns to Kennedy: a review of the space shuttle's new permanent...
Space educator Sawyer "@thenasaman" Rosenstein, 19, is a hardcore space fan. His enthusiasm for space flight was captured in a 2011 Boing Boing special feature, and shines weekly in his "Talking Space"...
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Go, Orion! NASA set to launch spacecraft on first step toward manned flights...
Final preparations are under way for NASA's Dec. 4 launch of the Orion spacecraft. Not since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011 has there been so much excitement around American space flight....
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Fly over Pluto in animated New Horizons video. Here are the amazing images...
NASA released more amazing space imagery and scientific data, slowly and steadily coming down to earth from the New Horizons space probe after its historic fly-by of Pluto. The post Fly over Pluto in...
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NASA unveils gorgeous new false-color image of Pluto
It may be 'shopped, and we can tell by the pixels, but it's just the most beautiful image of Pluto mankind has ever seen. The post NASA unveils gorgeous new false-color image of Pluto appeared first on...
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How to name an exoplanet, by XKCD
XKCD's hot take on the recent space news around Kepler 452-B and Pluto. The post How to name an exoplanet, by XKCD appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Dark Side of the Pluto revealed in new NASA image from New Horizons mission
Pluto haze! In my brain. Lately, things, they don't seem the same. The post Dark Side of the Pluto revealed in new NASA image from New Horizons mission appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Virgin Galactic crash blamed on "single human error"
Federal safety officials say the builder of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is at fault for not anticipating the copilot error that caused the spaceship's disintegration during a test flight nine months...
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Astronaut Eugene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon, has died at 82
"We leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind." These were the last words Eugene Cernan said upon leaving the surface of our moon, at the end of Apollo...
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#FalconHeavy success: SpaceX launches world's biggest rocket
UPDATE: THEY DID IT. It couldn't have gone more perfectly. #FalconHeavy success: @SpaceX launches world's biggest rocket. Congratulations, @elonmusk. Immigrants change the world. 20,000km/h speeds....
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How to become a spaceship pilot
How do you become a spaceship pilot? First, practice flapping your wings very hard. Or watch this Virgin Galactic video, and learn how these people became exactly that, and on "what inspires our...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX plans NASA test launch Saturday
NASA and SpaceX have completed thousands of hours of tests to prepare for this unmanned test flight to the International Space Station. The post Elon Musk's SpaceX plans NASA test launch Saturday...
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'Yuri's Night' space parties in L.A. Sat April 6th, then DC, Seattle,...
The annual space party 'Yuri's Night' happens in L.A. on Saturday April 6th, and then in a bunch more cities the following weekend: Washington, DC, Seattle, Colorado Springs, Kennedy Space Center on...
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#BlueMoon: Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin will land on Moon by 2024
“We must return to the Moon—this time to stay.” The post #BlueMoon: Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin will land on Moon by 2024 appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88
Twenty-four human beings have traveled from Earth to the moon. Fewer than half of them remain. Astronaut Al Worden, who flew to the moon in 1971 as a member of the Apollo 15 crew, has died. The...
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NASA picks Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, & Dynetics to build...
On Thursday, NASA announced that it has selected commercial space technology firms firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024....
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Virgin Orbit fails on first rocket launch attempt, 'next big test ASAP' for...
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit failed on its first rocket launch attempt, which took place out of the Mojave Spaceport in Southern California. Here's a quick shot from takeoff....
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WATCH: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity completes 2nd flight from...
Definitely book me on the very first flight off this hell-planet 2020, yes please. This gorgeous short video from Virgin Galactic documents the mission that resulted in a successful glide flight that...
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WATCH: Virgin Galactic spaceship new cabin design reveal
I'd totally go. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic unveiled a new cabin design today, and streamed the launch event live. Watch the replay here, and sign up for a trip if you've got plenty of cash...
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Mars rover Perseverance launches NASA mission to Red Planet
NASA launched its latest and greatest rover, Perseverance, to Mars on Thursday, from Cape Canaveral in Florida. 🚀 We have LIFTOFF to Mars! The @ulalaunch Atlas V takes flight with our @NASAPersevere...
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WATCH: Astronauts prepare for rare splashdown in SpaceX capsule, target is...
WATCH THE SPLASHDOWN EVENT LIVE HERE, the SpaceX video embed in this post will go live with pre-event content sometime before 7pm EDT on Saturday August 1. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken...
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China claims its first reusable spacecraft has landed after 2-day orbit
• China did not release images of the reusable spacecraft it says completed a two day space flight. China's government announced Sunday that its first reusable spacecraft landed after two days in...
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NASA spacecraft touches asteroid surface to grab rubble
PHOTO [NASA]: The asteroid Bennu as seen from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. After nearly two years circling the asteroid, OSIRIS-REx will try to descend to the boulder-spiked surface to grab up some...
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How the huge displays at NASA's mission control worked
You've seen the videos of old-school NASA mission-control from the 1960s, with those huge, wall-sized screens — which displayed bright lines showing the flight path of spacecraft, and flight data. How...
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China's Chang'e 5 return capsule begins trip home, carrying moon rocks back...
A Chinese space capsule has begun its three-day return trip home to Earth, carrying with it the first moon rocks to reach our planet in more than four decades. The Chang'e 5 lunar probe has been...
View ArticleMalfunctioning rocket takes off sideways
When the US firm Astra tried to launch its latest rocket up to low-earth orbit, one of the engines failed on the launch pad — so instead of going up, the rocket remained upright but shuffled off...
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour's 26th and final mission, through the streets of...
Ten years ago this month, the Space Shuttle Endeavour embarked on its 26th mission, a short trip through the streets of Los Angeles in route to its final home at the California Science Center. The...
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Starliner launch a go despite helium leak
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft's first crewed launch was scrubbed on May 7th due to an issue with a valve on the Atlas V launch rocket. The rocket was pulled off the pad, and the valve was replaced, but...
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