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At 212 feet (65 meters) high, the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is the “tallest flight component ever built by NASA.” So far, those numbers and words were only scribblings on a screen, as we lacked reference points to actually judge the thing’s size accurately. Not anymore.

Space exploration is more than just about helping humanity survive in case of a disaster on Earth or bringing together nations for a common, higher goal. It can also be about delivering a new type of entertainment.

autoevolution 29 Apr 2021, 9:37 UTC · by 1 photo On April 29, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the massive Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the Hainan province. On top of it sat the core capsule of the space station the Chinese have now officially started building. The capsule, called Tianhe (which would be Harmony of Heavens), is the largest and heaviest space object China has ever built. It weighs 22.5 tons, is close to 17 meters long...

You might think the “finders keepers” rule applies if something falls out of the sky smack into your backyard, but if your backyard (and, presumably, the rest of your house) is in Florida, you’re fresh out of luck.

SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Will Return Home on May 1, and You Can Watch It LIVE 28 Apr 2021, 13:11 UTC · by 1 photo The astronauts were initially scheduled to undock Wednesday, April 28, but the start of their journey home had to be pushed to Friday, due to unfavorable weather conditions. The splashdown of the SpaceX Crew-1 members is targeted to take place in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida. However, their spacecraft (Resilience) could also end up in six other possible locati...

In 2018, NASA announced that the Voyager 2 probe had joined the Voyager 1 probe in reaching interstellar space, an area of space outside the solar wind's grasp. This year, on April 17th, the space agency celebrated the New Horizons probe reaching 50 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, or 50 times the distance between Earth and the Sun. Now, NASA plans to go even further.

autoevolution 27 Apr 2021, 13:14 UTC · by Going back in time more than a century ago, we had a space race the Russians won. Then, the race to the Moon was won by the Americans. And now it seems were back at it, with both nations (and others) targeting the South Pole of Earth’s natural satellite. 1 photo That particular region of the Moon is now under the spotlight because water is believed to exist there, in whatever form. And given how lunar surface stations are now being planned, pla...

autoevolution By now, you’ve heard of the Artemis program that NASA has been working on. Good. But did you know that there’s a whole lot of 3D printing involved? Apparently, that’s one of the first activities to be undertaken once on the natural satellite. Humans Can Now 3D Print Structures on the Moon Using Local Lunar Materials 27 Apr 2021, 8:45 UTC · by For a few years now, NASA has been working hand in hand with teams all over the world to further the development of the Artemis ...

Humanity has always been fascinated with flying and its mortality and limits, and space exploration manages to combine both in the most enticing, eternally fascinating proposition. Those of us who will never come close to experiencing the real deal can always try to replicate that experience here on Earth. This All-White Luxury Home Looks Like a Spaceship and a Prison Made a Fancy Baby 27 Apr 2021, 14:00 UTC · by As April is drawing to a close, so is autoevolution’s Space Month virtua...

autoevolution 26 Apr 2021, 5:06 UTC · by There’s been a lot of talk about how SpaceX will be sending the first manned mission to Mars by 2025, or 2026 at the latest, and how this would pave the way to colonizing the planet. Humanity needs to become a multi-planetary species, CEO Elon Musk believes, but it will come at a cost. 1 photo That cost will be the loss of human life, above everything else. Not that this should surprise anyone, but these missions will be high on danger, because ...