The 4th of October this year marks the 60 th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the Earth. In these 60 years, we have gone much further, reaching new planets and even the edge of the solar system. This animated video explains just how far humans have sent spacecrafts into […]
Incredible tech advancements make it possible for us to explore the regions of outer space that were completely out of reach just a few decades back. And we can now see these far reaches of space in HD quality! Here you will see many real images of the Sun and the planets deep in our […]
As the International Space Station Program completes 10 years of continuous human presence, administrators and former crewmembers discuss its past, present and future. The first residents, astronaut Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko came aboard the ISS on Nov. 2, 2000 on Expedition 1.