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Image of a Rocket Launch (Mike Wall, April 29 2025) A rocket carries spacecraft from Earth’s surface to space, usually to low-Earth orbit or beyond. It is also known as a launch vehicle. In appearance, rockets are similar to one another, however, no two rockets are the same. They are complex devices with millions of pieces and systems working together. After every mission, mistakes are recognized and progressively fixed based on a spacecraft’s mission requirements. Every jou

When looking up at the night sky, we see bright, shining lights called stars. They may look small, but they are some of the most powerful objects in the universe. Stars are defined as massive balls made of mostly hydrogen and helium. Deep in space, they produce light and heat through a process called nuclear fusion. Inside the core of the star, hydrogen atoms combine to form helium – this releases a large amount of energy, which travels outward and shines up as light and heat

The Artemis missions are a series of missions to establish a long-term presence on the Moon and prepare for Mars. The recent Artemis II mission gained lots of attention and marked a major milestone in the history of space exploration as it was the first crewed mission, allowing four astronauts to travel further than 160 to 2000 km above Earth’s surface (also known as low Earth orbit) in 50 years. It was used to validate life support systems on the Orion spacecraft, a vehicle