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Pathfinder and MPTA-ET from the right near sunset.
Huntsville, Alabama

Pathfinder and the MPTA-ET

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Space debris looks awesome, but don't touch it.
disasters

No Matter What, Do Not Touch the Space Junk

You almost certainly won't encounter any pieces of the falling Chinese space station, but if you do—keep your distance.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 30, 2018
Cosmosphere.
Hutchinson, Kansas

Cosmosphere

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.
MPTA-098 with Pathfinder and its previous companion MPTA-ET.
Huntsville, Alabama

MPTA-098

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Permanently Closed
Close up of the T-Rex head from the left.
Huntsville, Alabama

K’REX

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
Keweenaw Rocket Range.
Copper Harbor, Michigan

Keweenaw Rocket Range

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.
Model of Skylab outside Esperance Museum.
Esperance, Australia

Skylab’s Remains

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Tesla Roadster travels through space, on February 8, 2018.
space exploration

How to Find the Tesla Roadster in the Sky

NASA has listed the car as a celestial object.
Sarah Laskow February 9, 2018
The Milky Way as observed from the Chilean desert.
space exploration

Found: First Evidence of Planets Outside the Milky Way

3.8 billion light-years is really, really far away.
Vittoria Traverso February 5, 2018
Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart’s signatures and route lines.
New York, New York

Fliers and Explorers Globe

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.
John Young (left) and the corned beef sandwich he took into space (right).
space exploration

Remembering the Astronaut Who Smuggled a Sandwich Into Space

He got into a lot of trouble.
Anne Ewbank January 8, 2018
Expedition 50 flight engineer Peggy Whitson with a "space cheeseburger."
space exploration

When NASA Wasn't Sure if Astronauts Could Swallow in Space

Early space sustenance resembled baby food.
Paula Mejia January 3, 2018
Lanham, Maryland

NASA Goddard Rocket Garden

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
A series of color-enhanced images of Jupiter, taken by NASA's <em>Juno</em> spacecraft, September.
space exploration

2017 Was an Astounding Year for Space Images

From super moons to Saturn's rings to distant galaxies.
Anika Burgess December 13, 2017
Robert Lawrence, Jr. was chosen to serve in the MOL, an Air Force space program.
space exploration

Remembering the Groundbreaking Life of the First Black Astronaut

Robert Lawrence Jr.'s accomplishments are finally being recognized.
Ashawnta Jackson December 11, 2017
Astronaut Scott Kelly inside the Cupola, a special module in the International Space Station that provides a 360-degree view of Earth.
space exploration

Exit Interview: Scott Kelly, an Astronaut Who Spent a Year in Space

It's very easy to lose things on the International Space Station.
David Plotz November 9, 2017
A Mir/NASA group portrait, featuring the table.
Gastro Obscura

Mir Space Station Dining Table

Cosmonauts and astronauts reheated food and formed bonds over this high-tech table.
An aerial view of FAST
Pingtang County, China

The Eye of Heaven

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.