“We choose to go to the Moon” As we sit at the precipice of a new era of exploration, I thought it appropriate to revisit the original inspiration and rationale for the first lunar exploration program as so eloquently stated by John F. Kennedy. The original speech by JFK was held in Houston, TX at [...]
A model of Explorer 1, the first artificial satellite launched by the United States, on display in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. In 1954, U.S. scientists and military officials decided to try to launch an artificial satellite during the International Geophysical Year (which ran from July 1957 to June 1958). On [...]
A new space explorer is waiting in the wings and ready to take center stage: the Mars lander called Phoenix. Phoenix’s assignment is to dig through the Martian soil and ice in the arctic region and use its onboard scientific instruments to analyze the samples it retrieves. Mars is a cold desert planet with no [...]
One-man spaceship used to explore unknown solar systems without needing support ships. I tried to use a classic space color scheme for this build (though I don’t know about the blue canopy). By: pasukaru76
With the arrival of Galaxy Commander, I finally completed the trio of Classic Space flagships! 928 / 497 Galaxy Explorer (1979) 6980 Galaxy Commander (1983) 6985 Cosmic Fleet Voyager (1986) Flagship size! By: kelvin255 Incoming search terms:bit ly