Bringing the Space Shuttle Enterprise to life started began even before the celebrated Apollo era and even before NASA was actually a thing. Prior to the national space program’s existence, there was NACA—the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. They were the first to contemplate a vehicle that could fly to space and back, landing horizontally […]
As SpaceX and NASA huddle at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to launch an extraordinary mission to search for Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that the city would host the construction of humanity’s first interplanetary passenger ship. That ship? The SpaceX BFR or Big Falcon Rocket, built by […]
SpaceX Inspired this Mother of Two. Now She Chases Their Rockets With a Camera
March 30, 2018SpaceX is lighting a fire under the world of space exploration with breakthroughs in reusability and a promise of interplanetary travel. Millions around the world tuned in to watch the company fire off its hotly-anticipated Falcon Heavy rocket. But at Kennedy Space Center, photographers and journalists from around the world came to witness history in […]
This Med Student is Attempting STEM Outreach in Pakistan. It’s Proving Difficult.
March 30, 2018I still remember that day, it was the second day of 9th grade and our teacher asked us what do we want to become after finishing school? The classroom erupted with mocking laughs of every student (including my teacher) when I said that I want to become an astronaut. I was 15 years old at […]