Space Exploration Highlights of 2020

Space Exploration Highlights of 2020

Image: NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday aboard the first commercially built and operated American spacecraft to carry humans to orbit, opening a new era in human spaceflight. Source: NASA By Larry...

Gemini: Stepping Stones to the Moon

A glimpse of America’s cautious journey through the space race By Nicki Timian, Nov. 30, 2006 The lecture, Gemini: Stepping Stones to the Moon, given on Wednesday night at the Alder Planetarium and delivered by Jim Plaxco of the Chicago Society for Space...

Cassini-Huygens – Mission to Saturn

Story by Jim Kovac Images credited to JPL/NASA August 18, 2006 Figure 1. Artist’s impression of Cassini-Huygens at Saturn As a destination, Saturn together with its system of rings and moons provides an unbelievably diverse combination of alien environments and...