Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
2018 has been a record-shattering year -with more than 100 successful launches and mission achievements. What are we looking for in 2019? Another year that promises to be spectacular, as a matter of fact. It started with a bang, with…
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New Horizons is almost there. After the historical flyby of Pluto in 2015, the probe has continued its course across the Kuiper Belt and it is now readying up for this (historical all the same) encounter, expected in two day…
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2018 has been another amazing year in terms of space exploration and rocket launches. Now that we’re almost at the end, I’d like to offer a few highlights. Some of the missions are still ongoing and one is coming to…
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Everybody remembers New Horizons, right? The probe, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in January 2006, did a truly historic flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, passing at only 12,472 km (7,750 mi) from the dwarf planet’s icy surface, before continuing its course…
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