Are probes like the soviet Luna 9 & 13 considered soft landers or hard landers? Years ago, all the sources that I came across insisted that soft landers had to...

Dear Herb, This is totally off-topic, but I wonder if you know, off the top of your head, what laws Tennessee has regarding internet stalking. I've got a...

At least Gordo and Mr. Shaft eventually had good flights. A few of them were a little rough and I wonder what size motor they were using and why all of them...

Hi, Are there any web site you know of that have astronomy-related videos for viewing (not necessarily downloading)? I have found some videos at the NASA...

Q: Are former Astronaut & spacewalker Jay Apt and famous test pilot Mel Apt related in any way? ....New .sig fodder: "Posting a sensible question for rational...

Who is Anousheh Ansari? Impressive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari Masters in Electrical Engineering http://www.anoushehansari.com/ Her...

The IAU decided this week to remove Pluto from the list of planets. A spokesman released this statement, "We're awfully sorry to have to let Pluto go, but this...

The Moon movie is great, but then goes and spoils it by including something that never happened: a rover failure and a backpack failure and a walkback to the...

Did the Soviets claim a rendezvous for Vostok 5 and 6 the way they did with 3 and 4? They also got within 5km of each other. --- Replace you know what by j to...

As this photo shows, there is a shim projecting from one of the Atlantis' belly ET attachment point...

Sharon Weinberger, who wrote the new book "Imaginary Weapons" about unfeasiblely super high-tech or bogus solutions to military requirements (such as a...

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:57:10 GMT, rk wrote: OK, suppose I have a choice of two IMAX films to see after a lectu 1. Roving...

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:57:10 GMT, rk wrote: OK, suppose I have a choice of two IMAX films to see after a lectu 1. Roving...

bummer Space Museum Grounds the Shuttle To Dulles...

N92 wrote: Hi, I am writing an essay on "If you could build the perfect robot which could reason and have emotions like a human, should it have the...

2 Pluto Was A MOON of NEPTUNE Pluto's present solar orbit CROSSES Neptune's solar orbit in TWO places. From...

Russia to Conduct First Flight to Moon in 2011-2012 http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/08/31/moonmission.shtml Created: 31.08.2006 16:47 MSK (GMT +3), Updated:...

1. Watching the Explorer 1 liftoff (on the Liftoff DVD), there is a bright light shining near the top of the first stage, near where the umbilical goes in. ...

from http://astronautix.com/thisday/sepber10.htm#BORN "1962 - • Fire in a simulated Air Force space cabin Nation: USA. Program: Apollo....

Atlantis is _not_ history yet! A beautiful, beautiful launch.