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'Kitten Space Agency' is the spiritual successor to 'Kerbal Space Program', and they have an ex-SpaceX engineer on the team (interview)

DayZ and Kerbal Space Program's creators have joined forces with an ex-SpaceX engineer to create the ultimate spaceflight ...
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Creators of Kerbal Space Program, DayZ, and a SpaceX engineer join forces to launch kittens into the atmosphere (virtually)

Kitten Space Agency is a collaboration between Stationeer devs Rocketwerkz, the original Kerbal Space Program's creator and ...

Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science ...
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Next stop, not Mars: What's ahead for NASA's newly launched ESCAPADE Red Planet probes

For the first time in more than five years, humanity has launched a mission to Mars — but it won't be arriving at the Red ...
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NASA Trying Out Unusual Way to Launch for Mars, Planet's Proximity No Longer a Factor

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launched NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the first to take a long and unusual route to planet Mars.

Let's go on an ESCAPADE: NASA's small, low-cost orbiters will examine Mars' atmosphere

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That's the future that NASA's ESCAPADE ...

Apollo's bold, unruly and controversial successor

A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts worried the US could lose the new moon race.

NASA sends twin spacecraft to Mars with a push from Blue Origin

Hitching a ride on a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket, NASA's pair of Escapade (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics ...