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Buzz Aldrin Explains Why We Should Go to Mars

Allison Meier May 8, 2013
Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.
Los Angeles, California

Space Shuttle Endeavour

The final resting place of a space program monolith.
Los Angeles, California

Global Effects, Inc.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.
science

Orchestra of NASA & SETI Scientists Performs at World’s Largest Wind Tunnel

Allison Meier March 11, 2013
A rover stuck in a crater.
Flagstaff, Arizona

Cinder Lake Crater Field

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.
Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis Moon Tree

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.
murder

Where Eagles Dare: The Jetpack Murder

Dylan Thuras November 26, 2011
space exploration

Atlas Obscura Guide to First Contact

Eric Grundhauser June 2, 2011
space exploration

Revenge of the Rocketeers: A Tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (PART 2 OF 2)

Trevor David September 5, 2010
space exploration

Born of Maverick Rocketeers: A Tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (PART 1 OF 2)

Trevor David September 1, 2010
Beam Wave Guide antennas at Goldstone
San Bernardino, California

Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.
Hanksville, Utah

Mars Desert Research Station

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
Exterior view of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Titusville, Florida

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

A building so large that it has its own weather.
The Very Large Array
Magdalena, New Mexico

The Very Large Array

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Mission Control Room at JPL
La Cañada Flintridge, California

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.