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Steam blowing off Iceland's Holuhraun lava field.
space exploration

In Iceland, Testing the Drones That Could Be the Future of Mars Exploration

“We’re going to do so many cool things.”
Robin George Andrews January 26, 2021
'Sam'
Riga, Latvia

'Sam'

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.
Charles Duke took this prayer tablet to the Moon on <em>Apollo 16</em> in 1972.
objects of intrigue

Surprising Objects That Have Been to Space—Some to the Moon—and Back

These little gems are not your typical images of space travel.
Winnie Lee August 20, 2020
Centro di Geodesia Spaziale (Center for Space Geodesy)
Matera, Italy

Centro di Geodesia Spaziale (Center for Space Geodesy)

One of the few places of its kind, this space research center sits deep in the countryside of Matera.
Turin, Italy

ROCC Mars Yard

Europe's simulation of the Martian surface uses soil from Mount Vesuvius.
A mockup of the ExoMars rover rolls off its landing platform at the Rover Operational Control Centre near Turin, Italy. The facility is designed to simulate what conditions will be like on Mars when the actual rover, named Rosalind Franklin, arrives in 2022.
science

Europe's New Mars Yard Is Like a Playground for Planetary Engineers

Thanks, in part, to 150 tons of soil belched out by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
A. J. Oliveira July 8, 2020
A flip-top head allows access to the cargo hold.
space exploration

The World's Chonkiest Plane Is Fighting COVID-19

The Soviets made it to carry spacecraft. Now it's zooming medical supplies around the globe.
Bailey Berg May 29, 2020
NASA's storied Launchpad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will send up a Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
space exploration

After 9 Years Abroad, Astronaut Launches Are Back in the U.S.A.

The blastoff this week on a SpaceX rocket—the first ever private launch—could be a big step toward commercial space travel.
Luna Shyr May 25, 2020
The planetarium's Saturn-shaped building measures nearly 70 feet in diameter.
Lucknow, India

Indira Gandhi Planetarium

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.
This is what a piece of the Moon looks like after 1,000 years on Earth.
space exploration

For Sale: A Slice of Stunning, Anomalous Moon Rock Meteorite

It waited 1,000 years in the desert, just for you.
Matthew Taub April 15, 2020
space exploration

How Soviet Science Magazines Fantasized About Life in Outer Space

The Iron Curtain went to infinity and beyond.
Winnie Lee March 13, 2020
The launch pad from below
Gilsland, England

Spadeadam Rocket Test Site

In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.
She's on top of the world!
Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France

Memorial to Félicette, the First Cat in Space

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.
Kathmandu, Nepal

Apollo Lunar Sample Displays

Visitors to the National Museum of Nepal can moon over a set of well-traveled flags.
The monument.
Moscow, Russia

Monument to Yuri Gagarin

This massive monument honors the first human in space.
Achterhoeks Planetarium.
Toldijk, Netherlands

Achterhoeks Planetarium

An impressive array of unique homemade planetariums.
At the Abrams Planetarium in Michigan, the black light gallery is still going strong.
paintings

When Trippy Black-Light Murals Brought the Cosmos Down to Earth

The paintings once dazzled and enlightened mid-century planetarium-goers.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 10, 2020
Flagstaff, Arizona

Grover the Geologic Rover

An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.