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- Nothing But the Facts About Galaxies
- Solar Storms Can Cause Severe Damage on Earth
- Rocket Science - How Rocket Engines Work
- The Future of Space Flight
- Nothing But the Facts About the Asteroid Belt
- Image Gallery - Spacecraft in Pictures
- A Gallery of Hauntingly Beautiful Deep Space Images
- The History and Development of Telescopes
- The Discovery of Galaxies
- What You Can See With Your New Telescope
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Solar Storms Can Cause Severe Damage on Earth
The Sun gives warmth, light, life. But within its boiling cauldron storms rage, and sometimes these storms expel massive plasma and radiation storms at Earth. These solar storms from space can play havoc with our lives.Published on January 24, 2012 to Space
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Do You Have a Galaxy of Knowledge About Galaxies?
There are more galaxies in the Universe than there are stars in our Milky Way. And, they come in all shapes and sizes. What do you know about the billions of galaxies in the Universe?Published on November 24, 2011 to Space
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Image Gallery of Stellar Violence
There is violence in the Milky Way. Stars are exploding. They are consuming each other. They are having tugs of war with each other's mass. Images of this violence not only are beautiful and exciting, they are interesting astronomically.Published on November 18, 2011 to Space
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Image Gallery of Walks Around Earth
One of the most exiting activities of spaceflight have occurred when astronauts and cosmonauts left their spacecraft and floated free in space. The early spacewalks or Extra Vehicehicular Activities (EVA) were done to learn if man could function...Published on October 27, 2011 to Space
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A Gallery of Hauntingly Beautiful Deep Space Images
The Hubble Space Telescope has given us spectacular images of deep space objects that not only have expanded our knowledge of the Universe but shown us its beauty. Here are a few of the most spectacular deep space images HST has given us.Published on October 23, 2011 to Space
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Apollo Quiz: Are You a Moon Mission Mastermind?
The Apollo spacecraft flew to the Moon nine times. Each mission was different and discovered new data about the Moon. Each also had its own times of drama and excitement--one more than the others. How much do you remember or know about the Apollo missions?...Published on October 17, 2011 to Space
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Put Your Knowledge of Aviation History to theTest
The history of aviation is filled with important and exciting milestones. Some are well known, others a little more esoteric, but all are fascinating. Find out what you know of aviation history with this Aviation History quiz.Published on October 12, 2011 to Aviation
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The Future of Space Flight
Space travel in the future seemed in question in early 2010. NASA’s Constellation program had been cancelled. The Obama administration had directed NASA to have private enterprise develop new systems. But NASA had an ace up its sleeve.Published on October 5, 2011 to Space
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Image Gallery - Images of Mars by NASA's Rover Opportunity
NASA's twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, were slated for a three month life. Both far exceeded that. Spirit is now dead but Opportunity continues its trek of exploration over Mars since 2004. The images it continues to return are staggering.Published on September 27, 2011 to Space
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Image Gallery - Spacecraft in Pictures
The Space Age has given us some of the most exciting images in history. Rockets blasting off, spacecraft landing, images from other worlds. Here are a collection of some spacecraft in pictures that excited the world.Published on September 26, 2011 to Space