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Boeing Starliner Astronauts Electively Spending Five More Months In Space To Hitch Ride In Different Vehicle Due To Preference For Not Dying
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Albert Burneko
August 26, 2024
This Is So Stupid
Do Not Say The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Are Stranded In Space, Which They Cannot Presently Return From Due To Problems With Their Spacecraft
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Albert Burneko
August 1, 2024
Remind Everyone That Your Team Sucks
The Why Your Team Sucks series is back in full swing, so it's a perfect time to order this t-shirt. Wear it loud, wear it proud: Your Team Sucks.
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NASA Must Put Me On The Simulated Mars Mission, To Test The Astronauts’ Patience
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Barry Petchesky
July 7, 2024
Science
Vibrations From “Interstellar Meteor” Actually From Local Truck; Or, Fact-Checking The Celebrity Scientist
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Sabrina Imbler
March 22, 2024
Science
This Is How You Get Zombies, NASA
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Barry Petchesky
September 25, 2023
Science
A Quick Update On A Thing 28 Billion Light Years Away
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Barry Petchesky
August 11, 2023
Science
Voyager 2 Has A Few Last Things To Say
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Barry Petchesky
August 2, 2023
Science
We’re Getting Really Good At Reusing Space Pee
143
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Barry Petchesky
June 26, 2023
Science
How Will We Find Alien Life?
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Barry Petchesky
January 11, 2023
Science
Goodbye To InSight, The Lander That Uncovered Mars’s Innermost Secrets
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Barry Petchesky
December 20, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
Humanity Can, Should, And Must Keep Hucking Shit Against The Stars
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Justin Ellis
September 28, 2022
Science
When The International Space Station Dies, We’ll Lose More Than A Big Hunk Of Metal
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Chris Thompson
February 2, 2022
Science
An Earth Robot Is Taking Soil Samples On An Asteroid Tonight And By God You Will Know About It
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Chris Thompson
October 20, 2020