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FAST: China's Half-Kilometer Telescope Built to Hear the Universe
How China built FAST, the half-kilometer Sky Eye radio telescope, with an active dish, a suspended feed cabin, and a protected radio-quiet valley.
The Apollo Program: Bringing Man to the Moon
How the Apollo program turned a Cold War moonshot into the largest peacetime project in history and landed humans on the Moon
Terraforming Mars: Inside the Insane (True) Plans to Make Mars Habitable
From nuclear bombs to magnetic shields and cyanobacteria, explore the real scientific proposals for terraforming Mars and making the Red Planet habitable for future generations.
The Shocking Plan to Nuke the Moon (Project A119)
In the late 1950s, the US Air Force developed a top-secret plan to detonate a nuclear warhead on the Moon. Discover the bizarre story of Project A119, Carl Sagan's involvement, and why it was ultimately abandoned.
Zvezda: The Soviet's Incredible Plan for a Moonbase
Discover Zvezda, the Soviet Union's ambitious plan for a permanent lunar base, featuring expandable modules, nuclear power, and a lunar tram system—decades before modern Artemis and ILRS programs.
Project 921: China's Thirty-Year Mission to Space
From a single orbiting satellite to a permanent crewed space station, Project 921 charts China's remarkable three-decade journey to become only the third nation to send humans to space.