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Mar 5, 2013 12:07 PM ET // Ray Villard
In the Fall of 1967, a small team of radio astronomers came face-to-face with a profound mystery that they didn't want to be true. ->
Feb 1, 2013 02:15 PM ET // Ray Villard
During the heat of the Space Race, engineers thought up a wild barnstorming scheme for getting Americans to moon before the Soviets -- hot-rod a Gemini capsule for a lunar mission. ->
Nov 14, 2012 03:39 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
Between lightning, bad data, and general confusion, Apollo 12's was one of the more interesting launches.
Sep 5, 2012 01:39 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
How do you find an affordable life insurance policy when you're flying to the moon? You make your own out of valuable autographs.
Aug 8, 2012 05:56 PM ET // Amy Shira Teitel
Apollo 15 was an incredible success, but postage stamps ended the crews' careers.
Mar 29, 2012 02:09 AM ET // Ian O'Neill
Jeff Bezos, founder of the private spaceflight company Blue Origin, has located the engines that launched Apollo 11 to the moon. Now he wants to retrieve them.
Sep 7, 2011 05:38 PM ET // Ian O'Neill
A British Ph.D. student and colleagues want to wake up an old satellite, one that was launched in 1971 and hasn't transmitted since 1996.
Sep 17, 2011 06:41 PM ET // Ray Villard
An evocative spacecraft name will not only get public interest but also be inspirational and memorable too.
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