Posts about Space Exploration (RSS, JSON)

6PM — An astonishing 382 kilograms of rock and soil have been collected from the moon. With Astromaterials 3D you can inspect 3D renditions of the samples and slice into their interiors—thanks to CT scans NASA made available.

5PM — On Google Maps, you can see where on the moon the Apollo astronauts landed and the area they explored.

8AM — The iconic Blue Marble picture, taken by Apollo 17 astronauts on their way to the moon, is 50 years old now.

9AM — Jon Keegan downloaded almost 60,000 images taken by Perseverance, the Mars rover, and lined them up chronologically in a twelve-hour video.

6PM — It’s quite crowded up there, in low earth orbit.