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A long time ago when I was a budding amateur astronomer, one of the first targets I would observe each evening with my new telescope was […]
During the morning hours of July 4, 1997, I experienced a strange sense of déjà vu as I sat glued to the television set watching live […]
Undoubtedly, the most memorable part of NASA’s Gemini 4 long-duration mission was the first EVA (extra-vehicular activity), or “spacewalk”, performed by an American astronaut. Launched on […]
Whenever a hurricane threatens the US, the Hurricane Hunter aircraft flown by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the US Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather […]
Both space enthusiasts and the general public alike are frequently enthralled by pictures of our home planet taken from space. Among the more impactful images of […]
Often forgotten, even by many space enthusiasts today, are NASA’s Block II Ranger missions launched by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 1962. Frequently confused with […]
In recent years, we have grown used to seeing a stream of new pictures taken from the surface of Mars and the Moon from advanced landers […]
Hearing the term “zombie satellite” immediately conjures an image of a poor plot device for some scifi B-movie where dead satellites come to life looking to […]
NASA in general, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in particular, are well known for their string of highly successful robotic missions over the last few […]
Now that we are at the end of 2021, it is time to look back at this year’s material published on Drew Ex Machina and see […]
In January 1972, President Richard Nixon approved the development of the Space Shuttle as NASA’s next major space initiative after Apollo. I first became aware of […]
Today we take for granted that we can instantly access images of almost any part of the Earth taken from space using a growing array of […]
