Welcome to this month’s iteration of our historical milestone series. And today, we have a big one. Because (after forgetting to write this in time last year), we are finally going to talk about the first ever satellite, Sputnik. Technically, Sputnik 1, as this was not the only Sputnik ever launched. Its name in Russian […]

It’s been a while since we last talked about the Artemis Program on our page. So much so, in fact, that Artemis I had not even launched back then. And with next September being the earliest target date for Artemis II, this seems like the perfect time to check in and provide a little update about the […]

Welcome to another installment of everyone’s (or maybe it’s just me) favorite series, the historical milestones. For our twentieth entry in the series, we are going to be exploring Luna 2, the first ever spacecraft to hard-land on the Moon. In fact, this was the first ever man-made object to land on any celestial body […]

Welcome, everyone, to another science capsule. This time we will be exploring the world of human spaceflight. From the past missions that defined much of the space race to the future programs we can look forward to, there is much to discuss. As this is a very broad topic, we will be doing a cursory […]

Welcome to another capsule treating rockets and how they work. However, unlike our previous ones, this capsule will be focusing on theoretical ideas more than realized ones. That is because the topic — as you can see from the title — is nuclear propulsion. And with the technology behind this still being very much a […]