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Crew performance, mission operations, space history, policy and the human consequences of exploration.


Astronaut Chris Hadfield says confidence on the ISS didn't come from optimism

NASA's Curiosity rover has found organic molecules on Mars that may be billions of…

Interstellar's most-discussed scene is treated as exotic science fiction, but the…

Nobody talks about why public enthusiasm for space collapsed at almost exactly the same…

The single oldest non-clonal living thing on Earth is a bristlecone pine called…

Most professional mathematicians, when describing the moment a difficult proof finally…

Submarine crews and astronauts experience the same set of psychological pressures and…

For the first time in human history, most people live under skies they cannot see

NASA's playbook for staying intact through long isolation

A joint European-Chinese magnetosphere mission launches in 2026
