An agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Did the Curiosity Rover take its own hands-free selfie?
Time Magazine had an article with a photographic portrait of the Curiosity Rover on Mars, attributed to NSA/JPL.
Here's another version:
This photos seems like it would be impossible to take.
I would understand if it had used a monopod or any…
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Did Apollo Moon landing program cost less than lipstick used by American women during same 11 years?
On a recent Dan Carlin's "Common Sense" podcast, James Burke claimed that Apollo program to land the man on the Moon cost less than what American women spent on lipstick in the same period of time.
Is that claim accurate?
Wikipedia lists Apollo…
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Are these bugs baffling entomologists with their appearance and behaviour?
Theffeed Tech have one example of a number of articles showing a video of six insects dancing in a synchronised way.
The text reads:
These weird looking bugs appeared in a house in Houston, Texas.
The off creatures have baffled NASA scientists and…
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Did NASA use CGI for the Apollo mission trainers?
The Ohio State "Press Book", Computer Graphics and Computer Animation: A Retrospective Overview talks about the training simulators used on the Apollo projects:
The visual images for the Apollo trainers, and the later Shuttle and Skylab trainers,…
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Did America change size in NASA photos over the last 50 years?
Caption: Come on NASA* make your mind up, what does the Earth really look like?
*All images are official NASA pictures of Earth, as released through the mainstream media outlets and major news agencies of the world. Questions: How big is America?…
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What is happening in this photo?
Yesterday I saw the following photo in a book, which is taken during the Apollo 12 mission:
I see at least some significant odd things about this picture:
Why the directions of shadows do not totally agree with the light source?
Why the horizon…
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Is Kim Jong UN a space alien according to new NASA evidence?
According to Sunday Sport newspapper (front page from 21st May 2017), based on recently leaked top secret documents and conclusion from a top NASA and Pentagon suggests that 'Kim is an ET sent as an "advance guard" to destabilise the planet ahead of…
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