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'Kitten Space Agency' is the spiritual successor to 'Kerbal Space Program', and they have an ex-SpaceX engineer on the team (interview)

DayZ and Kerbal Space Program's creators have joined forces with an ex-SpaceX engineer to create the ultimate spaceflight ...

The Kitten Space Agency pre-alpha is live, and Kerbal Space Program's spiritual successor is already "much more than a tech demo"

Built by DayZ creator Dean Hall's RocketWerkz in collaboration with ex KSP devs, the Kitten Space Agency alpha is now ...
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Next stop, not Mars: Why NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes are taking the long way to the Red Planet after Blue Origin launch

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...

NASA sends twin spacecraft to Mars with a push from Blue Origin

Hitching a ride on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, NASA's pair of Escapade (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics ...

The Key to Interstellar Travel Might Already Exist—But a Quirk of Evolution Is Holding Us Back, Scientist Claims

Our brain’s evolution makes it nearly impossible to commit to a multi-generational mission like interstellar travel, says one evolutionary anthropologist. However, humans have worked successfully on ...
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NASA Trying Out Unusual Way to Launch for Mars, Planet's Proximity No Longer a Factor

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the first to take a long and unusual route to planet Mars.
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Baby in Orbit - What Really Happens When Birth Happens in Space

It sounds like science fiction, but it’s a real possibility. If a baby is born on a spaceship, who delivers it? What’s their nationality? And can we even survive childbirth in space?