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Today in Space History - First Orbit of Another World 🚀 Stardate 556.9938 (NOVEMBER 14, 1971) On this day in 1971, Mariner 9 fired its engine and became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. The

MAX POWER lights up KSC with skydive, X-70 reveal, and bold CAPEWEEK plans MAX POWER lights up KSC This week NASA hosted its inaugural MAX POWER aerospace expo and air show at Kennedy Space Center, drawing

Two November Thirteenths Seven years apart, both on 13 November. First Orbit of Another World Stardate 556.9938 (NOVEMBER 13, 1971) On this day in 1971, Mariner 9 fired its engine and became the first

Good evening friends, A planet about 1,000 light-years away just did something no planet has ever been seen doing before. It disappeared. Not blown apart, not flung out of its system. It simply stopped

Three November Twelfths Three moments, all on 12 November, from 1981 to 2014. Columbia flies again Stardate 1082.8269 (NOVEMBER 12, 1981) On the morning of 12 November 1981, Columbia rose from Pad 39A

In this video, I solve Problem 1 of the EM 304 test that Dr. Judy Wood gave her students on February 6, 2003, five days after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. If a thermal tile is lost, how hot can

Solving Dr. Judy Wood's EM 304 Columbia exam problem: the plate fails in shear at 205 °F, long before the tube does.

Today in Space History - Columbia's Working Morning 🚀 Stardate 1135.2259 (NOVEMBER 11, 1982) Columbia left Pad 39A at 7:19 in the morning, Eastern time, on 11 November 1982. Four astronauts rode her:

Good evening everyone, Picture a star at least 33 times heavier than our Sun. Now picture it flaring up like a supernova, about three times a year, for 14 years. And still being there the next morning,

Two November Tenths Five years apart, both on 10 November. The Whole Earth, in Color Stardate 346.1251 (NOVEMBER 10, 1967) From geostationary height, ATS-3 turned its multicolor spin-scan camera toward

Three November Ninths Fifty-nine years apart, all on 9 November. The Saturn V Finds Its Voice Stardate 345.9600 (NOVEMBER 9, 1967) Before dawn on the Florida coast the first Saturn V stood ready on a pad

Classic Cosmos In this mid-infrared view from Webb's MIRI, the Cat's Head Nebula resembles a cat sitting with its back toward the viewer and a tail extending downward. It is a dust pillar in the Carina

🚀 Spacefarer Update 🚀 Number of people currently in space: 10 Comings and Goings This Week There have been no arrivals or departures this week. Current Space Occupants ISS Expedition 75: 7 spacefarers

Two November Eighths Thirty-nine years apart, both on 8 November. Germany's first craft Stardate 451.0192 (NOVEMBER 8, 1969) Before dawn in Europe, a Scout rocket rose from Vandenberg with Azur aboard.

Good evening everyone. Webb stared at a star for two years and saw nothing next to it. Then a team at Northwestern taught the telescope to see past its own glare, and a giant planet stepped out of the