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March 2026 – Element One: From Rocket Leaks to Starlight
During preparations for the Artemis II mission, engineers conducting a wet dress rehearsal encountered a familiar adversary: a hydrogen leak. The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System is fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, super-cooled to hundreds of degrees below zero. The plumbing is intricate, the seals precise, and the engineering represents decades…
February 2026 – Back to the Moon
Outside of space enthusiasts, Apollo 8 is an almost forgotten mission. On December 21, 1968, three astronauts launched aboard a Saturn V rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Just 68 hours later, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon. A mere eleven years after the launch of…
January 2026 – A Winter Sky Worth Watching
The new year kicks off with cosmic fireworks as the Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks in the early morning hours of January 3rd. Believed to originate from debris left behind by a long-lost comet noted by Asian astronomers more than 500 years ago, this short-lived but powerful shower radiates from the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis. French…
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