Boris Volynov, intrepid Russian cosmonaut, survived a re-entry like none other in 1969. A salute to people who allow others to shoot them into space with vague promises about the can they’re riding in.
NASA’s out there thinking about how people will live when we finally send someone to Mars.
Private spaceflight is outpacing the fictional industry in the URS. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Or does it even matter?
NASA’s space shuttle was a feat of engineering that hasn’t been matched since. But maybe one of the coolest things about it are the three main engines that help propel it into orbit.
A bunch of cool videos exist that are so amazing, it’s hard to believe they’re even real. They certainly look less real than much of the CGI we watch on TV everyday. See the Milky Way from Chile and some views of the shuttle launching from the solid rocket boosters. It’s pretty goddamned cool.
