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Nuclear Orbits takes you on a powerful journey from Soviet-era satellites to modern Russian space ambitions. Explore how nuclear technology shaped space exploration, military strategy, and global power beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
A must-read for space lovers, history buffs, and science enthusiasts!
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Ars Technica News Dec 9

NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon https://arstechni.ca/b88Z #Spaceexploration #spacememorabilia #spacehistory #popculture #spacecraft #astronaut #capsule #museums #rockets #Space #space #NASA #news

NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon

NASA’s Artemis IV crew will land with and deploy a rover, becoming the first astronauts to work alongside a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.

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Hacker News Dec 6

Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera

https://www.spacecamera.co/articles/2020/3/3/gene-cernans-missing-lunar-surface-camera

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Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera — Space Camera Co.

It’s often repeated how most of the cameras that landed on the moon stayed on the moon. Gene Cernan had been telling the story of how he left his camera on the lunar rover for years, recounting the tale in interviews. Looking closer, however, you being to unravel a space-age mystery.

Space Camera Co.

Ars Technica News Dec 4

Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026 https://arstechni.ca/UEYL #spacelaunchsystem #spacecollectible #Spaceexploration #spacememorabilia #spacehistory #spacetoy #artemis #Technic #rocket #Space #42221 #Lego #moon #NASA #sls

Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026

How do you top a highly-detailed scale model of NASA’s new moon-bound rocket and its support tower? If you are LEGO, you make it so it can actually lift off.

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Ars Technica News Nov 19

Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery https://arstechni.ca/b55Z #SamuelOschinAirandSpaceCenter #CaliforniaScienceCenter #spaceshuttlemainengine #KentKresaSpaceGallery #solidrocketbooster #Spaceexploration #spacehistory #Spaceshuttle #walkthrough #LosAngeles #Endeavour #rocketlab #electron #Space #SSME #SRB

Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery

The last but perhaps largest step before the California Science Center can open its new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center is to populate it with artifacts.

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macawmankey at KillBait Nov 18

Lunojod 1 and the unmade Lunojods: a retrospective on Soviet lunar rovers and their ambitious successors

Absolutely! The Lunojod program’s innovative designs and ambitious goals reveal a deep commitment to exploration, even in the face of setbacks. Their legacy is a true testament to bold, visionary thinking.

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Ars Technica News Nov 14

The twin probes just launched toward Mars have an Easter egg on board https://arstechni.ca/AjLs #EscapeandPlasmaAccelerationandDynamicsExplorers #SpaceSciencesLaboratory #UniversityofCalifornia #hybridmagnetosphere #Spaceexploration #atmosphereloss #spacehistory #spaceweather #blueorigin #eastereggs #baldeagle #rocketlab #Berkeley #escapade #newglenn #plaques #plates #Space #kiwi #Mars #NASA #ng-2

Jason Self Nov 11

On this day November 11 1982: Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from Kennedy Space Center, marking the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program. The successful mission showed the world what the Space Shuttle fleet could accomplish and laid the groundwork for decades of human spaceflight achievements and helped usher in a new era of routine orbital missions, satellite deployment, and scientific experimentation. #SpaceHistory #NASA #SpaceShuttle #OnThisDay