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Is it possible to throw a baseball so hard it circles the earth above your head?
Awarded Feb 2 at 5:06
What would the Venus landers look like today?
Awarded Dec 24 '20 at 11:41
How certain are we that we have not accidentally sent life to other planets/moons?
Awarded Sep 25 '20 at 0:49
Would a human colony on Venus be possible?
Awarded Sep 22 '20 at 7:33
Will InSight be able to pick up vibrations from the landing of Perseverance or Tianwen?
Awarded Sep 11 '20 at 14:15
When was liquid methane used for the first time in rocket engines?
Awarded Aug 7 '20 at 13:20
Did any sounding rocket ever reach space?
Awarded Aug 7 '20 at 8:27
Why are Europe’s Air & Space Academy and DLR urging ESA and CNES to reconsider the use of solid fuels for the proposed Ariane 6?
Awarded Aug 5 '20 at 10:41
What capabilities does Orion have that Dragon-V2 does not?
Awarded Jul 23 '20 at 6:31
Can the Indian government ask SpaceX to pay for bandwidth usage in its airspace?
Awarded Jul 20 '20 at 8:12
Why does NORAD make TLE data public?
Awarded Jun 3 '20 at 1:50
New Year's Celebration on the ISS
Awarded Jan 1 '20 at 14:25
Why does Blue Origin land the crew capsule separate from the booster?
Awarded Dec 19 '19 at 9:05
Early high-inclination crewed flights
Awarded Dec 17 '19 at 10:50
When will we be able to conclusively confirm or disprove Bode's law?
Awarded Sep 27 '19 at 20:26
JWST observing cherry red Tesla roadster
Awarded Aug 14 '19 at 11:15
Could JWST stay at L2 “forever”?
Awarded Aug 14 '19 at 11:15
Were Apollo astronauts charged for their berths during their missions?
Awarded Jul 9 '19 at 12:55
Is it possible that Curiosity Rover measured its own methane or failed doing the spectrometry?
Awarded Jul 3 '19 at 7:55
Making propellants on Mars: Why not just LH2/LOX instead of methane?
Awarded May 30 '19 at 3:25
What is the highest frequency at which Earth is, or has been, observed from space?
Awarded May 26 '19 at 22:15
How long will we be getting data (pictures?) from Starman and his Tesla?
Awarded May 26 '19 at 12:00
What caused the ISS's sudden loss of altitude in January 2015?
Awarded May 21 '19 at 6:35
Is there a realtime, uncut video of Saturn V ignition through tower clear?
Awarded May 19 '19 at 12:00
Can a rocket refuel on Mars from water?
Awarded Apr 4 '19 at 15:30
Why does Starman/Roadster have radial acceleration?
Awarded Mar 27 '19 at 2:25
Plans for ISS crew to enter Crew Dragon?
Awarded Mar 9 '19 at 2:05
What was the last message Opportunity sent?
Awarded Feb 18 '19 at 19:30
What is a brake handle on the ISS crew equipment carts?
Awarded Jan 2 '19 at 18:50
What happens to Insight's parachute on Mars?
Awarded Nov 27 '18 at 3:55
SpaceX Falcon 9 landing leg deployment time
Awarded Nov 13 '18 at 18:20
Why do we have so many different spaceships to refill ISS?
Awarded Oct 13 '18 at 16:40
Is SpaceX lunar mission only a flyby mission, or it is going to land on Moon too?
Awarded Sep 20 '18 at 23:40
Are commercial communications satellites in GEO being constantly monitored by telescopes?
Awarded Sep 20 '18 at 9:00
Do Astronauts have their appendix removed?
Awarded Sep 5 '18 at 8:50
Apollo simulator practical jokes
Awarded Aug 5 '18 at 22:00
Going from LEO to lunar using only low-thrust ion propulsion - can it be done?
Awarded Jun 25 '18 at 7:36
Why aren't payloads their own fairings?
Awarded Jun 21 '18 at 19:49
Amateur satellite launch
Awarded May 2 '18 at 13:56
If you throw a baseball from the space station, will it return to you in 90 minutes?
Awarded Apr 14 '18 at 4:54
Has SpaceX re-used a first stage twice yet?
Awarded Apr 3 '18 at 11:48
Why is Curiosity not heading for Peace Vallis?
Awarded Mar 29 '18 at 9:46
Was SpaceX's launch of Formosat-5 more vertical than normal for any particular reason?
Awarded Mar 26 '18 at 18:18
How Many Martian Lagrange points are there? …And are they useful for satellites?
Awarded Mar 22 '18 at 20:04
Why does this plot show Starman's speed relative to the Sun fluctuating so often?
Awarded Mar 21 '18 at 8:15
Earthing system in space?
Awarded Mar 14 '18 at 23:14
Do satellite uplink/downlink signals spread or leak into space?
Awarded Mar 12 '18 at 15:40
What sterilizations or other preparations or approval were necessary to send the Tesla Roadster into an orbit that may impact life-capable planets?
Awarded Feb 26 '18 at 20:03
Why didn't they launch the Falcon Heavy to be injected into Mars orbit?
Awarded Feb 19 '18 at 19:52
What is the current record for the farthest detection of a “dead” spacecraft?
Awarded Feb 8 '18 at 14:58
Why is there any launch window at all for the Falcon Heavy test flight?
Awarded Feb 7 '18 at 20:38
Was a one way trip to the moon considered by the crew of Apollo 13?
Awarded Feb 6 '18 at 0:43
What's the reasonable “window” in days for a Mars-Earth Hohmann transfer?
Awarded Feb 3 '18 at 14:59
Why is Curiosity so light compared to Opportunity?
Awarded Feb 2 '18 at 19:09
Can we destroy an asteroid by spinning it?
Awarded Jan 30 '18 at 11:05
Suppose Zuma wasn't “lost” — what would it take to detect it?
Awarded Jan 16 '18 at 7:44
Voyager 3: what would have been its mission, and why was it canceled?
Awarded Dec 23 '17 at 15:18
Is there any footage of the rocket that launched Sputnik 1?
Awarded Nov 15 '17 at 6:07
Could I build my own spaceship?
Awarded Oct 8 '17 at 11:55
Why are satellites and other payloads always placed at the top of rockets?
Awarded Oct 4 '17 at 11:26
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