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What caused the N1 to become a failure?
Awarded Nov 28 at 22:12
Apollo 13's plutonium RTG re-entry into the Tonga Trench: Good shootin' or good luck?
Awarded Nov 10 at 13:11
Why is there a pregnancy test kit on the ISS?
Awarded Nov 9 at 3:22
Before we build a Mars colony, why don't we build a 100% self-sustainable test colony in the Antarctic?
Awarded Oct 25 at 16:55
Petrol as rocket fuel
Awarded Oct 24 at 17:05
What are these green text/line displays shown during the livestream of Crew Dragon's approach to dock with the ISS?
Awarded Oct 15 at 10:21
How did NASA get the video camera on the Moon to track the LM ascent stage, considering the substantial delay?
Awarded Oct 7 at 23:06
Why is the atmospheric pressure on Venus so high?
Awarded Oct 3 at 21:27
Reasons behind Soviets Using Prolog Programming Language for Buran Space Shuttle?
Awarded Sep 20 at 2:15
Can Kerbal Space Program act as a suitable simulator with the right mods?
Awarded Sep 16 at 3:09
What is "anti-geysering" and why would you turn it off 70 seconds before launch?
Awarded Aug 24 at 0:01
Why did Apollo 13 not use the electronics waste heat to raise the Lunar Module cabin temperature?
Awarded Jun 9 at 0:26
How quickly could a space agency get to the ISS in case of an emergency?
Awarded Jun 5 at 23:21
Are artificial satellites completely sealed or open to space?
Awarded Jun 5 at 8:34
Why can't you just parachute down right from orbit?
Awarded Jun 5 at 2:32
Apollo: what was the big deal?
Awarded May 20 at 6:32
Did Apollo astronauts spend any time on the lunar surface during lunar night?
Awarded May 19 at 13:25
Is there someone continually monitoring the Voyager spacecraft?
Awarded May 5 at 5:27
Why does the Soyuz Rocket system fire the third stage while stage two is still attached?
Awarded May 2 at 7:04
Why are Falcon 9 main engines throttled down and up shortly after launch?
Awarded Apr 21 at 20:15
Why are Starship landings so difficult when SpaceX has landed so many boosters?
Awarded Apr 20 at 14:51
Why will JUICE take 8 years to reach Jupiter, longer than any earlier spacecraft?
Awarded Apr 15 at 23:25
How much technical information is given to astronauts on a spaceflight? How much of it is left to the control center?
Awarded Apr 4 at 22:46
What's so special about SpaceX's Raptor rocket engine with 300 Bar chamber pressure?
Awarded Apr 1 at 2:55
How was magnetic tape decay prevented in Voyager 1?
Awarded Mar 26 at 3:57
Could any life from Earth survive in Enceladus' oceans?
Awarded Mar 22 at 23:05
What were the most impactful non-fatal failures on STS missions?
Awarded Mar 21 at 10:03
How long does it take to get from a spacewalk to being inside the ISS and out of your suit in an emergency?
Awarded Mar 20 at 21:51
How did theorists determine that the atmosphere attenuates enough to support unpowered orbits?
Awarded Mar 7 at 14:55
What "fuel more powerful than anything the West (had) in stock" put Laika in orbit aboard Sputnik 2?
Awarded Mar 7 at 3:26
What satellites did the Shuttle retrieve from orbit?
Awarded Feb 13 at 13:33
Do astronauts use plumber's bifocals?
Awarded Feb 8 at 16:17
If a sitting President went to space on a USSF spacecraft, would the call sign be Space Force One?
Awarded Feb 4 at 10:35
BBC: "A rocket launched by Elon Musk's space exploration company is on course to crash into the Moon and explode." Will it really explode?
Awarded Jan 28 at 19:33
Were any of the Apollo astronauts smokers and did that cause any problems?
Awarded Jan 24 at 23:16
Why did the Soviet Union decide to use 30 small engines instead of a few large ones on the N1?
Awarded Jan 24 at 20:32
Is there any limit to how many times you can increase velocity by repeated sling shot manoeuvres?
Awarded Jan 20 at 19:11
Did the crew lock themselves inside the LM on Apollo 13?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 3:08
How would the space shuttle have been retrieved following a TAL out of Vandenberg?
Awarded Dec 4, 2022 at 22:26
Pre-mixing cryogenic fuels and using only one fuel tank
Awarded Dec 4, 2022 at 18:56
Why does Artemis I need a launch window?
Awarded Nov 18, 2022 at 22:08
How did Space Shuttles get off the NASA Crawler?
Awarded Nov 11, 2022 at 13:56
Why don't we know exactly where the Chinese rocket will fall?
Awarded Nov 7, 2022 at 11:09
Can the Mars lander's/rover's solar panels be cleaned?
Awarded Oct 31, 2022 at 12:17
Why do the walls of a solid rocket booster not glow red hot?
Awarded Oct 30, 2022 at 1:33
Gliding into the atmosphere
Awarded Sep 29, 2022 at 0:41
Can I harvest diamonds from the rain of Saturn and Jupiter?
Awarded Sep 26, 2022 at 18:47
Why did the Saturn V stage fairing appear to burn after separation?
Awarded Sep 20, 2022 at 19:41
How do we ensure an orbit of a satellite doesn’t interfere with existing ones?
Awarded Sep 9, 2022 at 10:27
Could a human in a spacesuit survive a Skycrane landing on Mars?
Awarded Sep 2, 2022 at 5:18
Why do rockets have multiple stages?
Awarded Aug 28, 2022 at 10:33
Is Asparagus Staging Possible
Awarded Aug 10, 2022 at 13:52
What was the nature of the known bugs in the Space Shuttle software?
Awarded Jul 27, 2022 at 13:49
How well can Voyager 1 separate Earth signals from Solar noise these days?
Awarded Jul 25, 2022 at 21:55
Diffraction artifact on the March 16, 2022 JWST aligned test image
Awarded Jul 13, 2022 at 20:47
What kind of "safe" was carried on the Space Shuttles?
Awarded Jul 3, 2022 at 3:21
Why didn't Pioneer 11 visit Uranus/Neptune, and why didn't Voyager 1 visit Pluto?
Awarded Jun 7, 2022 at 1:06
Are the computers on Pioneer 10 & 11 still running?
Awarded Jun 1, 2022 at 9:35
What medical conditions can impede someone from going into space?
Awarded May 27, 2022 at 15:08
Has any space agency saved Earth from a major calamity any time?
Awarded Apr 27, 2022 at 12:55
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