Major Advances in Space Exploration in 2023
As we enter 2023, space exploration continues to make remarkable advancements. The past year has witnessed significant progress in our ability to understand the universe. The year ahead promises to be equally exciting. We will [...]
NASA’s 63-Point Objectives — Part V: Infrastructure
NASA has established 63 “Point Objectives” which serve as the foundation for conducting a new wave of space exploration. The overall focus of one major component of these objects is infrastructure. The category aims to [...]
Women in Space Spotlight: Mae Jemison
An engineer, author, and former NASA astronaut, Mae Jemison, M.D. became the first Black woman in space in 1992. In so doing she showed herself to be a true renaissance woman - on Earth or [...]
NASA’s 63-point Objectives for Deep Space Exploration — Part IV
Sixty years after President Robert F. Kennedy outlined his administration's plan to land American astronauts on the moon as part of its Apollo program, NASA is getting ready to send humans back to the Moon [...]
Women in Space Spotlight: Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols was a pioneering actor on Star Trek series in the 1960s. But she was also a critical player in ushering in change within the United States’ space program. Nichols portrayed Lt. Nyota Uhura [...]
Scientists Grow Plants In Lunar Soil for First Time
Countless scenarios have been created to determine how humankind will journey into the cosmos. The sources range from the pages of science fiction to the lab reports of college undergrads. Many ideas involve high-tech sleep [...]
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