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Why is the Falcon 9 such a big deal? Named after the Millennium Falcon, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is the world's first orbital class reusable rocket used to transport payloads (and people!) to the International Space Station. Space travel is notoriously expensive and normally rockets costing hundreds of millions of dollars...

We're bummed the SpaceX Demo-2 launch was scrubbed today due to unfavorable weather, but we still want to celebrate history about to be made! Do you know why the capsule is called 'Dragon'? Back in 2002, when SpaceX first debuted, critics told Musk his SpaceX venture was impossible. So, Musk...

We're excited for the Crew Dragon launch TOMORROW ! This is the first time astronauts have launched from American soil since 2011! As part of the Demo-2 mission, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

The famous Pillars of Creation within the Eagle Nebula (AKA M16) as seen from HST ! This nebula sits 7,000 light-years from Earth within the inner Sagittarius-Carina Arm of the Milky Way. These incredible pillars are a part of a stellar nursery where new stars are being created. The winds...

Welcome to our new Masterpiece feature! Share your astro photos and we’ll post them every Sunday. To kick things off, here's a photo taken by @polaroidcall . Set up at Brainard Lake, CO in Sept. 2019 using a Canon EOS R equipped with a 16-35mm lens, she set the camera...

Keeping with this week's theme leading up to the much anticipated SpaceX Crew Dragon launch, our featured book is Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future . Written by Ashlee Vance, this New York Times and international bestseller dives into the entrepreneur’s background and visionary spirit...

Do you know where your Waste Allocation Load Lifter-Earth class is? Our Fiske Friday Flick this week is Wall-E! Left on Earth as the last remaining unit to continue cleaning trash left behind centuries before, WALL-E has plenty of time to develop a personality. When humans send an EVE unit...

Fashion right out of a sci-fi movie! Next week, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first crew to fly onboard Dragon to the ISS. It's only fitting they wear new space suits. Created by Hollywood costume designer Jose Fernandez — who designed costumes for Wolverwine, Wonder Woman,...

Only one week until SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launches with NASA astronauts ! So, we thought it would be fun to add a bit of space-related pop culture to your life and feature Elon Musk's Simpsons episode! Back in 2015, Musk himself had a cameo on an episode entitled " The...

58 days and counting til the Mars Perseverance rover launch! What will this new rover uncover? Much like the Curiosity rover of 2011 (still happily roving on Mars) the Perseverance rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life. And, with a new drill, it’ll collect core sample caches for...