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A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): VLT Makes Most Precise Test of Einstein’s General Relativity Outside Milky Way  Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Te...

The dust storm on Mars that had has cut off the Opportunity rover’s access to the power of the Sun has now engulfed the whole planet: Martian Dust Storm Grows Global Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze  A storm of […] ↓ Re...

Here are two new videos that can give one a much better sense of just how big the big rockets that are launching, and in some cases landing, today really are: Bonus: Enjoy more of The Everyday Astronaut‘s soundtrack to […] ↓ Read th...

I’ve previously posted about the PlanetVac system for gathering a sample of the surface of celestial bodies.

The two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 and successfully visited the gas giant planets of our solar system before heading out into interstellar space.

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1.

I recently posted about Joe Barnard adding thrust vector control and other advanced features to model rockets.  The goal is to model not just the appearance of large rockets but how they take off and fly as well.

The company Rocket Lab plans to launch an Electron rocket from the Mahia Peninsula on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island during a two week long launch window that opens on June 23rd.

The latest TMRO.tv Space episode is now available on line: The different personalities of the JPL rovers – Orbit 11.24 – TMRO JPL Science System Engineer Kim Steadman joins us to talk about some past, present and future missions that JPL...

Here is this week’s Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station: Astronaut Scott Tingle on the ISS explains some basics of orbits: Related materials can be found at NASA’s STEM On Station web...