Tag: NASA
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Of space capsules and Cookie Monsters
On Friday, NASA performed its latest test of the Orion capsule, the next-generation spaceship that will carry human crews. Since the long-overdue retirement of the Space Shuttle, the United States space program has relied on Russia to get astronauts into orbit. But Orion is more than a Space Shuttle replacement: it’s intended to travel beyond…
Matthew R. Francis
Galileo's Pendulum 