Issue #2(2) 2014 Lounge

Flying saucers return

Spectacular catch – NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is retrieved from the Pacific after a near-space test flight. The LDSD project is evaluating landing technologies for future Mars missions

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Finding Earth-like worlds: the tale of how Kepler-452b was discovered

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Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again

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Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere

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Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier

SpinLaunch conducted the first test launch of its Suborbital Accelerator from Spaceport America in October 2021, with several more successful launches following. Opinion

Catapult to orbit - will David finally defeat Goliath?