World’s First: Human Bacteria Endure Rocket Launch and Re-entry, Boosting Mars Hopes A “world’s first study” has demonstrated that bacterial spores can withstand the extreme forces associated with a rocket launch and re-entry, opening up possibilities for human colonization on Mars. This groundbreaking research, conducted by a team of scientists led by Dr. Akihiko Yamagishi […]
Kosmos 482: 1,000-pound Soviet Venus probe could crash to earth after 53 years
The Looming Threat of Kosmos 482: The Soviet Venus Probe That Could Crash to Earth Half a century after its launch, Kosmos 482 — the doomed Soviet Venus probe that weighs over 1,000 pounds — is still haunting the skies above us. Launched in March 1972, this space relic has been drifting in orbit, posing […]