Category: Blinded by Science

Embark on a Cosmic Journey: Your Name Aboard Europa Clipper

Posted by David Raiklen | Dec 19, 2023 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

Earth’s first mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa and its underground ocean launches on Oct. 6, 2024

Droids-In-Training Play At Galaxy’s Edge

Posted by David Raiklen | Dec 15, 2023 | Blinded by Science, Movies / Video / Theater, Toys / Games / Collectibles |

Fantasy becomes reality as Disney Imaginerring brings real working droids to Galaxy’s Edge.

The Coolest Experiment In Space – A 5th State of Matter

Posted by David Raiklen | Nov 22, 2023 | Blinded by Science |

Bose-Einstein condensates, a quantum gas made of two kinds of atoms, was created in the International Space Station’s (ISS) microgravity.

Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman Passes Away at 95

Posted by Susan Macdonald | Nov 10, 2023 | Obituaries, Space Exploration |

Colonel Frank Borman, USAF, commander of the NASA Apollo 8 mission in 1968 has died.

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, Hero of Apollo 13, Dead at 87

Posted by Susan Macdonald | Nov 5, 2023 | Obituaries, Space Exploration |

When an explosion crippled the spacecraft during its flight to the moon, Commander Mattingly—then the best trained man to fly the command module — went to work at Mission Control devising procedures that the astronauts used to help them return to the earth safely.