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America 250: From 1776 to the moon and beyond (A Space.com series)
As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, our Space.com team took a look back at American advances in space since 1776, and where we might be headed.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 216 — Dark Matter Intelligence
On Episode 217 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the progression of American space efforts.
On this day in space! July 4, 1997: Mars Pathfinder arrives on Mars
The Giotto space probe, launched in 1985 on an Ariane 1 V14 launcher, brushed past the hidden nucleus of Halley's comet in 1986.
Human flight was still 7 years away in 1776. Now, we're headed back to the moon
Humanity made some halting steps toward flight over the centuries, but our species was still firmly rooted on the ground when the United States of America was born on July 4, 1776.
What did the night sky look like on the 1st Independence Day 250 years ago?
As the U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday, here's what Benjamin Franklin and other colonists would have seen when they looked up on July 4, 1776.
30 years on, "Independence Day" still proves the versatility of the original "The War of the Worlds"
"Independence Day" isn't technically "The War of the Worlds" but it's still one of the most successful adaptations of HG Wells' genre-defining novel.
How to find Uranus this week, the hardest planet I've ever tried to see
Get your eyes on the seventh planet, and you can graduate as a skywatcher — and there's a perfect way to cheat this week as Mars glides by Uranus.
As 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' turns 35, it's time to accept the truth: Terminator shouldn't be back
The future has been written, and it's a dark fate for the Terminator franchise.
