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THE ORBIT
A space and cosmology publication: plain-language explainers, dispatches on real discoveries, and the occasional myth-busting — written for the curious, not just the specialist.
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Dispatches
Space, explained.
Plain-language writing on rocket science, cosmology, astronomy and astrobiology.
Mission Control
Track it live.
Launches, crew and satellites in real time, and a simulator to fly any orbit yourself.
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Concepts · Ceres
Build what's next.
Engineering concepts for real problems in the space economy. First up: Ceres, a greenhouse that tends itself in orbit.
- Fresh greens per month
- 5 kg
- Total height
- 1 m
- At the root zone
- 0.1 g