Curated category
Spaceflight
- Earth orbit rendezvousEarth orbit rendezvous is a concept that shaped the entire architecture of human spaceflight before anyone had set foot on the Moon.
- Interplanetary contaminationInterplanetary contamination names a danger that most people never think about: every spacecraft humanity sends into the Solar System carries life with it.
- Human spaceflightHuman spaceflight has been continuous since the 2nd of November 2000, when the first crew boarded the International Space Station and never fully left.
- SpaceflightSpaceflight is the use of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, with or without humans on board.
- Space explorationSpace exploration begins not with a triumphant launch but with a German rocket climbing 176 kilometers into the dark on the 20th of June 1944.
- Space advocacySpace advocacy names a cause that is both practical and philosophical: supporting human activity beyond Earth's atmosphere.
- Space AgeOn the 20th of June 1944, a German V-2 rocket became the first manmade object to enter space. This brief flight occurred during World War II and remained…
- Mission control centerA staff of flight controllers and other support personnel monitor all aspects of the mission using telemetry. They send commands to the vehicle using ground…
- Exploration of the MoonThe Exploration of the Moon began not with a rocket, but with a rock carving. At Knowth in Ireland, a stone face dated to around 3,000 BCE bears what…
- NASA Space Science Data Coordinated ArchiveThe NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive, known as the NSSDCA, has been unavailable or stuck in maintenance mode since at least August 2025.
- Religion in spaceOn Christmas Eve, 1968, three astronauts orbiting the Moon opened a broadcast to Earth by reading from the Book of Genesis.
- Space architectureSpace architecture is the discipline of designing places where human beings can live and work beyond Earth. It is a field born from necessity, shaped by…