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EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Chaikin spent a decade interviewing Apollo-era astronauts He also spoke to the crew, engineers and support personnel involved in Apollo Chaikin said they were all very different but also all had a drive and intelligence This is the same characteristic seen in the adventurers of the Artemis mission He said Artemis will be exciting but nothing will compare to seeing a man step foot on another world for the first time as happened on July 16, 1969 

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

The Strange Allure of a Flight to Nowhere (and Other Places Were Desperate to Go) Time 2/7/2021 It’s Not Just You newsletter. SUBSCRIBE HERE to have It’s Not Just You delivered to your inbox every Sunday. OH, THE PLACES WE’RE DESPERATE TO GO Lately, in that gray-blue hour before a winter sunrise, I’ve taken to staying in bed and flying to Morocco. It’s the place I’ve been that’s the least like Brooklyn, where I have spent most of this pandemic. Trying to remember the way the a...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 2/5/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this chilly photo of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021 showing the city blanketed in snow. This recent snow storm was classified as "major" and affected a majority of the Northeast United States, with New York declaring a state of emergency for both the immense snowfall and blistering winds. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Ear...

In this photo, a scientist at the European Space Agency's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory at the ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands works on essential mission work.

In 2018, Amanda Gorman wrote a poem about climate change, dedicated to Al Gore, for The Climate Reality Project. It is titled “Earthrise.”

Column: Can we ensure that the Earth as we know it keeps rising? Earth rise, as taken from Apollo 8 on Dec. 24, 1968. (NASA photograph) Modified: 1/23/2021 10:30:04 PM It was one of our country’s most turbulent years. Demonstrations and riots demanding equality were staged nationwide. Gunshots rang out. World leaders threatened military force to control protesters while millions of sympathizers joined demonstrators on the front lines. A foreign war dragged on, seemingly with no end. Daily new...

NGC 613, a barred spiral galaxy 67 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor, shows its stunning stellar markings in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Amazing Moments of 2020 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” Charles Dickens classic “A Tale of Two Cities” begins with the famous line “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” As it was in 1859 when Dickens historica...

We’re down to counting the hours left in this awful year. Good riddance. Theres no doubt that 2020 will be judged one of the worst years in American history. I used to think that 1968 — the year of assassinations, Vietnam, racial division and riots that eclipsed what we saw this year, and yes, a pandemic — was the worst since the Great Depression. But 2020, with its death, suffering and deep economic pain, gives even ’68 a run for its money.  The question now is what will 2021 bri...