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For those who follow the world’s space programs, it is well known that things do not always go as planned. A mission can go very wrong […]
While NASA’s recent announcement of the discovery of seven Earth-size exoplanets found orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star known as TRAPPIST-1 was exciting enough, the fact […]
When hearing claims about the potential habitability of newly discovered exoplanets, the old adage “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is not […]
Before the flood of discoveries resulting from NASA’s Kepler mission, the majority of extrasolar planets were found by analyzing precision radial velocity measurements of stars. Periodic […]
As work on the Apollo program continued to accelerate as 1967 began, the process of identifying suitable lunar landing sites was also well underway thanks to […]
The tragic Apollo 1 fire of January 27, 1967 which killed NASA astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee was a defining moment in the […]
Now that we are at the end of 2016, I figured it was time to look back over this year’s material on Drew Ex Machina and […]
Without a doubt, 1966 proved to be a banner year for lunar exploration. At the end of the first month of the year, the Soviet Union […]
Announcements about the discovery of habitable extrasolar planets have regularly dominated the news from the astronomical community over the last several years. This naturally reflects the […]
The small red dwarf star Proxima Centauri has been in the news quite a bit because of the discovery of an Earth-size planet, designated Proxima Centauri […]
At times it seems that we have overused various superlative labels to the point where they have lost their meaning. While this trend may seem to […]
As 1966 was nearing an end, preparations for the first manned Apollo mission planned for February 1967 were moving swiftly ahead. Almost lost in the flurry […]
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