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Whether there would be time for forensic work before the spacecraft died was unclear—something Liebergot understood better than anyone else. It was time, he knew, to ask the question that had been playing around the edge of his mind for the pas
TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you through the Soyuz 11 mission and the events that make it one of the most harrowing space missions of all time.
It can be oddly peaceful inside a dying spacecraft. That was not something Michael Foale ever suspected—and with good reason. When you’re inside a spacecraft that’s dying, you’re likely to die right along with it. But now that Foale was in that
Space has a lot of ways to kill you. It’s a beautiful place to contemplate and a thrilling place to visit, but for all its appeal, it’s got murder in its heart. There is almost no way you can imagine to die that space won’t be perfectly happy t
Pete Conrad had no business trying to fly to the moon on a rainy morning in November of 1969. And NASA, by the look of things, had no business agreeing that it would be a good idea trying to send him there. You wouldn’t know that, however, from
If Gemini 9 started off under a curse, the bad fortune seemed determined to stick around.TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you through the Gemini 9 mission and the events that make it one of the most harrowing space missions of all time
Gus Grissom tried not to give much thought to the fact that the rocket he was riding to space was built to kill people. But the terrible V-2 would become the beautiful Redstone, and American Astronauts - manifestly the good guys - would ride t
Whether ship or mere simulator, the Apollo had so far impressed most people at NASA as a slapdash machine. It was temperamental, error-prone, and impossible to work with for more than a little while before something broke down. TIME’s Jeffrey K
Neil Armstrong didn’t believe in omens, but he got a nasty one anyway the moment he climbed into his Gemini 8 spacecraft on the morning of March 16, 1966. If Armstrong had believed in omens, he might have been better prepared for what the rest
There were a lot of mission rules in the official flight plan when Apollo 10 was preparing to leave Earth on its journey to the moon, but the most important one was: Whatever you do, don’t land there.TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger takes you through the
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"Way out beyond Neptune. Tagging bashfully behind its brothers."Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Be
The Frontier PlanetToday’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautiful.Today's episode is also sponsored by
The sideways planet--and that's the least of its problems.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautifu
The story of the world too beautiful to exist.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautiful.Today's ep
It's Here, It's Real, Get Used to ItToday’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautiful.Today's episode is a
There’s a good case to make that without the huge planet Jupiter standing guard 483 million miles from the sun, life on Earth — or even Earth itself — might never have gotten started.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building
The little world that fell apart may still be home to life.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace – Build it Beautif
It took countless near-misses, dodged bullets and lucky breaks to wind up with the remarkable world we've got.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at chec
Here's what happens when everything that could possibly go wrong with a planet does go wrong.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% o
Living so close to the fires of the sun makes for a terrible—and strangely wonderful—world.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to get 10% off
Space is the most dangerous place a human being can tread—and yet we find it irresistible. Here's why.Today’s show is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code UNIVERSE at checkout to
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