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Space enthusiasts of a certain age, like myself, grew up learning about the trio of NASA’s unmanned programs which provided scientists and engineers with vital information […]
While it has been a few months since I have published a new post on the Drew Ex Machina website, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t […]
With the new push by the United States and other space faring powers to renew the exploration of the Moon, miniaturized spacecraft have been made part […]
In the years leading up to the beginning of the Space Age, there were many studies made in the West about lunar missions which gripped the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recent years have seen a renaissance in lunar exploration with the US and multiple nations around the globe launching and planning missions to our nearest celestial […]
This is truly a golden age for space enthusiasts. Not only is there an ever-expanding number of interesting government-sponsored and commercial space projects underway, but the […]
On September 17, 2020, the Pan-STARRS1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1) survey at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii detected a slow moving object […]
With the celebration of the anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, there have been many stories published about the efforts to return the crew back home […]
Archaeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts and other evidence of material culture. While normally one associates archaeology with […]
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