Space Probes That Landed On The Surface
Cool Landers And Rovers! One of the most difficult space exploration missions for scientists to design and execute is to successfully achieve a ‘soft touchdown’ on a distant planet, moon,…
Space Based Telescopes & Scientific Observatories 🛰
Eyes In Space Since the dawn of time, humans have studied the heavens from Earth. With the coming of the Space Age, we would begin to take advantage of the…
Sputnik-1 | The World’s First Artificial Satellite!
USSR First To Launch Sputnik-1 was the name of the world’s first artificial Earth-orbiting satellite launched by the USSR on October 4th 1957! The small polished metal sphere broadcasted radio…
Learn About Hazardous Space Junk!
Man’s Space Trash Space debris, or space junk, is mostly man-made objects that orbit uncontrolled around Earth. It is estimated there are more than 670,000 pieces of debris greater than…
Facts About Tiangong-1 China’s ‘Heavenly Palace’ In Space
Tiangong-1 Space Station It is appropriate that Tiangong-1 literally means ‘Heavenly Palace’ in Chinese, being the first habitable space station to serve as a manned laboratory launched by China. Three…
25 Amazing Facts About The International Space Station (ISS)
Man’s Base In Space! Check out these Cool Space Facts about the International Space Station (ISS)! Learn when it was launched, how big it is, how many astronauts have visited…
Mir Space Station | Soviet Russia’s Space Outpost
Russia’s Space Base The Mir Space Station is a legendary modular spacecraft assembled in orbit by the Soviet Union and Russia between 1986 and 1996. Lasting a total of 15…
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
All-sky Exoplanet Survey The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was designed as the first all-sky survey focusing on the closest and brightest 500,000 stars to Earth to look for exoplanets…
Long March – The Rocket ‘Made In China’
China’s Way To Space The Long March is the general name for the family of expendable Chinese rockets used for space launches. The rockets got their name from the Long…
Ten Facts You Didn’t Know About The Ariane 5
Europe’s Launch Vehicle The Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket is an expendable launch system used to launch payloads into orbit by paying commercial customers. The Ariane 5 is a European Space…