NASA Flight Director Holly Ridings tells us how astronauts on the ISS make contact with Earth.
Space Exploration
Can astronauts phone home whenever they want?
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Brain Dump on Google Play
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Space Exploration
How do Chinese astronauts (taikonauts) get into space?
We take a look at China’s Long March 2F rocket.
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Professor Stephen Hawking
We take a look at the life so far of one of the greatest physicists of the modern day.
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Deep Space
What happens when two galaxies collide?
Do things crash together or is it more serene?
FutureTech
‘By 2050 we’ll have colonies and habitats on the surface of Mars’ – An interview with asteroid miner Chris Lewicki
We spoke to the President and Chief Engineer of Planetary Resources about their plans to create a new trillion-dollar space industry.
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Brain Dump: Down-to-Earth science
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Solar System
Why do some meteorites create such huge craters?
How do space rocks make such large dents in celestial bodies?
Space Answers on Twitter
Astronomy
Become a published telescope tester in All About Space magazine
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The $700 quintillion Asteroid Belt
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Exploring Titan: All About Space issue 13 free preview
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Space Exploration
What is the fastest spacecraft of all time?
What’s the quickest vehicle humans have ever built?
Space Exploration
Has anyone ever caught the common cold in space?
Do astronauts get struck down by space sickness?
Solar System
What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?
What would become of our planet if it suddenly stood still?
Deep Space
Could the universe actually be a multiverse?
Could there be many different universes, rather than just one?
Solar System
Would an asteroid in lunar orbit affect the Earth-Moon relationship?
Would any of the proposed plans to capture asteroids affect the Earth’s orbit?
Space Exploration
Which astronaut is speaking at the start of Daft Punk’s new song Contact, and what is he talking about?
Is this a secret NASA transcript indicating that astronauts saw an alien UFO on their way to the Moon? Read on to find out…
Solar System
Five amazing facts about the New Horizons probe
Five things you might not have known about this Pluto-bound spacecraft.
Space Exploration
Heroes of Space: Hugh L. Dryden
The unsung hero who built NASA into the world’s greatest space agency.
Solar System
If the universe is so cold, why do some space telescopes need to be cooled?
Why do spacecraft need to keep themselves at a low temperature to function properly?