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The Chinese Long March 5b rocket stage will re-enter Earth's atmosphere soon. It's part of China's second generation family of rockets.https://www.britannica.com/technology/Chang-Zheng The Long March rocket family is named after

On July 16, 75 years ago, the first nuclear weapon was tested at White Sands Missile range in New Mexico, USA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dfK9G7UDok #Trinity75 This monument marks the site of the

Today I'm thinking about women's space heritage. What are the places and objects that tell the story of women in space? Where are they and why are they significant? #heritage

From the 1950s to the 1980s, when people talked of 'manned' spaceflight and 'mankind' going to the stars, they meant men, not women. Women were not allowed or welcome in

I've been cooking a lot for my elderly mother lately, and this rant about poor kitchen design has been bubbling up ... so here goes. 1. In-built sink strainers to

Some more background to my poster 'A colonial space: women and rockets in Australia', for the Space Science in Context conference. This poster is also a contribution to the @UNOOSA

More problems with evolutionary psychology: circular logic, justification of contemporary sexism, and the ridiculous methodology of using people's reactions to photographs to make statements about human behaviour millions of years

When France established the Centre Spatial Guyanais in the 1960s, they wanted the town layout to break down class and race divisions in this very diverse community, promote egalitarian social