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Roughly fifty spacecraft have aimed themselves at Mars since 1960. About half of them made it. That failure rate alone…
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TLDR The Space Shuttle program flew 135 missions between 1981 and 2011, using five orbiters (Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour)…
In April 2026, a comet called C/2026 A1 (MAPS) skimmed within 161,000 kilometers of the Sun’s surface — closer than…
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Hi! I’m Elena. I’m a journalist who has been into astronomy since I was a kid. I founded this site to share tips and facts about astronomy and telescopes.If you are new around here and you want to get started with the hobby, check out our astronomy for beginners guide or the recommended gear page.
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