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Men on the Moon
Culture3.5m viewsEverything That Happened To Scott Kelly’s Body Since He Got Back From A Year In SpaceAstronaut Scott Kelly, at one point in his life, held the record for the most consecutive days spent aboard the International Spac...
Space45.5k viewsWeird Details About Astronauts' Everyday Lives In SpaceMany Earthlings dream of going to the stars, but once they get there, just what do astronauts do in space? We've seen the most glo...
Apollo 112.2m viewsYes, We Really Landed On The Moon And Simple Science Debunks All The "Evidence" Of A ConspiracyNASA is not lying to you about the Moon landings; the Apollo missions really did land on the lunar surface, and there is an abunda...
The Space Page76.9k viewsRavaged By Solar Flares And NASA's Only Mutiny, Our First Space Station Went Out In A Blaze Of GloryWhat was Skylab? Back in the day, long before there was an International Space Station, or even a Space Shuttle, and not too long ...
Interesting8k viewsWhat It's Like To Live And Work On The International Space StationYou may have seen it moving swiftly across the night sky, or tracked it using NASA's Spot The Station, and wondered: What is life ...
Apollo 1133.3k viewsRead The Transcript Nixon Prepared In Case Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin Got Stranded On The MoonThe phrase “Nixon Moon Landing Death Speech” sounds like the beginnings of a conspiracy theory, but it’s a real piece of Apollo 11...
Apollo 1128.6k viewsThe Full Story Of How Neil Armstrong Changed History When He Walked On The MoonNeil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man on the moon, but he didn't brag about his experiences on A...
Buzz Aldrin287.2k views18 Things You Didn't Know About Buzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin was the second man to walk on the moon, emerging soon after Neil Armstrong took the first lunar steps. Aldrin instantl...
Yuri Gagarin22.9k viewsDid The First Human In Space Die In A Stupid Accident, Or Was He Murdered By His Own Government?Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's death has been shrouded in mystery for over five decades. While new revelations have shed some light on t...
Weird History10.9k viewsUnknowingly Heroic Animals Who Explored The Final Frontier During The Space RaceCombine two of modern society's most beloved interests, pets and outer space, and you've got a winning - and educational - combina...
Weird History155 votersVintage Pictures Of US Astronauts Hanging Out Being Chill As HellFew people get to join the elite club of men and women who have been to space, but for those left on the outside, there are plenty...
The Space Page152 votersThe 17 Weirdest Experiments From The International Space StationWhile floating through space on the International Space Station, astronauts have a lot of time on their hands. Rather than hanging...
Peter Conrad15.3k viewsOne Hell-Raising Apollo Astronaut Proved You Can Be A Smartass On The MoonIf you imagine astronauts as stone cold, serious American heroes, Pete Conrad will definitely challenge that assumption. The late ...
Interesting7.2k viewsThe Visual Evolution Of Space SuitsSpace travel and its accompanying technological advances developed rapidly in the 20th and 21st centuries, impacting the scientifi...
History99.5k viewsPeople Who Have Been To SpaceThese 519 space travelers have all flown in space. They're not all astronauts, the list includes people with backgrounds in teachi...
Astronauts28.8k viewsA Step By Step Walkthrough Of The Astronaut Training ProcessAsk a group of school children what they want to be when they grow up and you'll always find the kid who wants to be an astronaut....
The Space Page32.7k viewsThe USSR Was Crushing The US In The Space Race, Then An Unprecedented Disaster Derailed EverythingIn 1957, at the height of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, the "Space Race" began, sending the battle between the...
The Space Page80.8k views17 Things You Didn't Know About Astronaut Michael CollinsApollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins was one of those American heroes whose name you never remember. He was on the first moon landi...
Social Media & Texts374 votersThis Astronaut's Twitter Feed Is Full Of Amazing Pictures And They're Out Of This WorldAstronauts are already pretty cool – you know, the whole going up in space thing – and just when you thought they couldn't get any...
The Space Page158 votersThe Best Astronaut AutobiographiesGoing to space is probably pretty life-changing, so it's really no surprise that a bunch of NASA astronauts have written autobiogr...