Category: Space Exploration

2024 To See A Comet and Solar Eclipse Meet

Posted by David Raiklen | Jan 13, 2024 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

This year, there will be a special visitor: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will appear not far from the eclipsing sun.

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

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.

Water From Space In Bennu First Look

Posted by David Raiklen | Oct 12, 2023 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

The OSIRIS-REx mission collected rock and dust from the asteroid Bennu in 2020 and today NASA gave it’s first report on the intriguing space rock.

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