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In June 1985 Russia Flew 2 Balloons Through the Sulfuric Acid Clouds of Venus. They Rode 150-Mile-an-Hour Winds for 46 Hours and 11,600 Kilometers, and No Balloon Has Flown on Another Planet Since.

In June 1985 the Soviet Union released 2 balloons into the clouds of Venus. Each was 3.4 meters across, hung a 7-kilogram gondola from...

Harry J. KazianisSeptember 8, 2026

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In 1965, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov stepped outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history, and his suit ballooned so badly in vacuum that he had to bleed oxygen through a valve to fit back inside before orbital darkness

On 18 March 1965, the Soviet Union sent Alexei Leonov outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history. The mission became a Space...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 6, 2026

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At 70,000 Feet, Olympus Mons on Mars Stands Two and a Half Times Taller Than Mount Everest. It Is the Largest Volcano in the Solar System, and It May Not Be Extinct

A person standing on the largest volcano in the solar system would never know it. Olympus Mons rises 70,000 feet over Mars on slopes...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 5, 2026

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NASA Has Not Launched Anything Faster Than Voyager in 48 Years. Here Is the Real Menu of Machines That Could Finally Beat It

Voyager 1 is about to become the first object one light-day from Earth, still whispering home on a plutonium supply the size of a...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 5, 2026

This artistic impression depicts our Solar System neighbour Venus, where scientists have confirmed the detection of phosphine molecules. The molecules were detected in the Venusian high clouds in data from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, in which ESO is a partner. Astronomers have speculated for decades that life could exist in Venus’s high clouds. The detection of phosphine could point to such extra-terrestrial “aerial” life.

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Terraforming Venus means removing 90 Earth atmospheres of carbon dioxide, cooling a planet that melts lead, and importing an ocean — the newest NASA idea skips all of it

Venus crushes, roasts, and corrodes anything that touches it, and it has almost no water. But fifty kilometers up, the pressure matches Earth's —...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 5, 2026

Apollo 11 and Saturn V Exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center. Taken on 6/28/2026 by 19FortyFive.com

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After walking on the Moon, the Apollo 11 crew spent three weeks locked in quarantine — in case they’d brought back lunar germs — and greeted the world through glass.

The first men on the Moon came home to a locked box. For three weeks after splashdown, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 2, 2026

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In 1971 a Soviet capsule landed on target, outwardly perfect — but when recovery crews opened the hatch, all three cosmonauts inside were dead, killed by a single valve.

On June 30, 1971, the Soyuz 11 capsule landed on target in Kazakhstan, ending a triumphant mission: its three cosmonauts had just completed humanity's...

Harrison KassJuly 2, 2026

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Voyager 1 isn’t dying because anything broke — after almost 50 years it’s simply running out of power, and NASA is shutting off its instruments one by one until the signal goes silent.

Nearly fifty years after launch, Voyager 1 is approaching the end, but not because anything is breaking. It is simply running out of electricity....

Harrison KassJuly 2, 2026

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Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission, and in November 2026, nearly half a century later, it will become the first object ever to reach one light-day from Earth — so distant that a signal now takes a full 24 hours to cross the emptiness back home

In November 2026, a spacecraft launched during the Carter administration will cross a threshold no human-made object ever has: one light-day from Earth —...

Jack BuckbyJuly 2, 2026

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In June 1985 the Soviet Union flew two balloons through the sulfuric-acid clouds of Venus, riding 150-mph winds a third of the way around the planet — the only aircraft ever flown in another world’s atmosphere until a helicopter lifted off on Mars 36 years later, and the “Soviet” triumph was secretly French-built and tracked by American dishes.

In June 1985 the Soviet Union did something that still sounds impossible: it flew two balloons through the clouds of another planet. Released into...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 2, 2026

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NASA’s 1997 return to Mars came down to one wild idea: wrap the spacecraft in airbags and bounce it across the surface, then unfold to release Sojourner, the first Mars rover.

If you've seen the 2015 film The Martian, you've already met NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission: it's the antique 1997 lander Matt Damon's stranded astronaut...

Brandon WeichertJuly 1, 2026

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In June 1985 Russia Flew 2 Balloons Through the Sulfuric Acid Clouds of Venus. They Rode 150-Mile-an-Hour Winds for 46 Hours and 11,600 Kilometers, and No Balloon Has Flown on Another Planet Since.

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In 1965, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov stepped outside Voskhod 2 for the first spacewalk in history, and his suit ballooned so badly in vacuum that he had to bleed oxygen through a valve to fit back inside before orbital darkness

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At 70,000 Feet, Olympus Mons on Mars Stands Two and a Half Times Taller Than Mount Everest. It Is the Largest Volcano in the Solar System, and It May Not Be Extinct

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NASA Has Not Launched Anything Faster Than Voyager in 48 Years. Here Is the Real Menu of Machines That Could Finally Beat It

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Terraforming Venus means removing 90 Earth atmospheres of carbon dioxide, cooling a planet that melts lead, and importing an ocean — the newest NASA idea skips all of it

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After walking on the Moon, the Apollo 11 crew spent three weeks locked in quarantine — in case they’d brought back lunar germs — and greeted the world through glass.

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In 1971 a Soviet capsule landed on target, outwardly perfect — but when recovery crews opened the hatch, all three cosmonauts inside were dead, killed by a single valve.

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Voyager 1 isn’t dying because anything broke — after almost 50 years it’s simply running out of power, and NASA is shutting off its instruments one by one until the signal goes silent.

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Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission, and in November 2026, nearly half a century later, it will become the first object ever to reach one light-day from Earth — so distant that a signal now takes a full 24 hours to cross the emptiness back home

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NASA’s 1997 return to Mars came down to one wild idea: wrap the spacecraft in airbags and bounce it across the surface, then unfold to release Sojourner, the first Mars rover.

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