Space & Aviation

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Robert Goddard was an early rocket pioneer. In this video learn about his hoop skirt rocket, visit the ranch where he launched his experimental rockets, and see a recreation of his workshop at the Roswell Art Museum . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
A fleet of NASA telescopes may have uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an environment like this before . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Astronomers have spotted the merger between two neutron stars in a very odd place. This extreme collision was found in a tiny galaxy embedded in a stream of gas. Scientists needed NASA’s Chandra, Fermi, Swift, and Hubble to make this discovery. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Vintage image of a man holding a metal device that resembles an abnormal shaped bowl.
On March 16, 1926, Robert Hutchings Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-propellant rocket. It flew 184 feet across a snowy field outside Worcester, Massachusetts, reaching an altitude of about 40 feet. Prof. Goddard’s accomplishment has . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
artist's concept of a magnetar
New research suggests that the highly magnetized remnants of stars are responsible for powering some of the universe’s most brilliant supernova explosions
The white AirSpace logo is overlaid on a red and blue stamp with an upside down plane.
Today on AirSpace: the scandal of the century! Matt and Emily are joined by friend of the show and Museum curator Bob van der Linden to learn all the twists and turns of the Air Mail Crisis of 1934.