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395-House Sized Space Rocks
There are approximately 3.2 million Earth approaching asteroids similar in size to the Chelyabinsk impactor which injured nearly 1,500 people and damaged more than 7,000 buildings in February of 2013.
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
394-Tiny Beasts
A partnership with yeast and algae will enable spacefaring humans to use their waste products to produce food and plastics during long duration space flights.
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
393-Newest Moon
The moon cycle from new moon through full moon and back to new moon again was used by many nations to regulate their activities and forms the basis of the Islamic lunar calendar. You might try making…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
392-Dragon Delivers
The SpaceX 11 Dragon mission is the first time an American spacecraft has visited the space station since the NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in April of 2011.
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
391-Finding Spacerocks
Finding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach it's present location is exciting. It might even be worth real money.
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
390-One in 100,000
Additional observations over the years have eliminated the possibility that Apophis will strike the Earth as it streaks by closer than the communications satellites on that lucky Friday the 13th of 2…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
389-Tiny Spacecraft
About the size of a saltine cracker and having a mass of less than 2 dimes, the single-board Sprite spacecraft has all the essentials; solar panels, computing electronics, thermometers, gyroscopes, r…
Published on 8 years, 2 months ago
388-40 years
Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
387-Florence
Florence, the largest asteroid in more than 100 years comes near to the Earth.
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago
386-Interplanetary Sand Traps
Topographic features on rubble pile asteroids are produced in a novel way.
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago