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Article en anglais sur le rôle de Wernher von Braun comme vulgarisateur et promoteur de la conquête de l'espace dans les années 50, grâce notamment à une série de dessins animés produits par les studios Disney.

Last weekend, the European Space Agency hosted at its Paris headquarters a highly unusual event: a conference most notable for not being one, at all. SpaceUp is an unconference, where attendees from all walks of space-loving life are invited to contribute.

Ultra-resolution, smooth-motion, detail-enhanced, color-corrected, interpolated from the original 4 frames per second to 30 frames per second. This video plays real-time at the speed that Curiosity descended to the surface of Mars on August 6, 2012.

Relive the worldwide sensation of the Curiosity rover's historic landing on Mars with audiences across the country who watched the live events unfold.

With its project to mine asteroids, Planetary Resources Inc. hopes to bring back to Earth a wealth of important materials. But, when the current value of these resources is based on their rarity, how can this operation be sustainable? The concept of abundance is key.

Following the recent announcement of a project to mine asteroids, much has been made about the audacity of the plan to exploit resources in space. However, Planetary Resources has defined the necessary, incremental improvements to make in space technology and our knowledge of asteroids.

On a mission

FYSE tells the story of the human obsession with space exploration through photography and art. It is made by a physics student.

On the anniversary of the first man on the moon, and with the final space shuttle mission set to end Thursday, Wired.com takes a look back at the extraordinary amount of training astronauts go through before they are mission ready.

This film was made for SCI-FI LONDON's 48 hour film competition.