space

Apollo Missions

Background The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961-1975 with the goal of…

February 25, 2016

Space Defense / Militarization of Space

Background The U.S. Military and government has spent a lot of time and money while considering the militarization of space. …

April 2, 2015

Anti-Satellite Weapons

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United…

March 4, 2015

Carl Sagan Papers

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, and highly successful popularizer…

March 2, 2015

Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery in…

March 2, 2015