NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tours SpaceX headquarters in Los Angeles, California, as he checks in on the company’s progress toward its first launch of astronauts. At the center of NASA’s interest is the SpaceX capsule called Crew Dragon. Bridenstine will be joined by SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

The great 19th-century Austrian physicist, Ludwig Boltzmann was one of the most important proponents of the idea that all matter is made of atoms.

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Sure space fighter pilots are an undying trope in science fiction and fantasy, but in reality the only pilot who can claim to have shot down a spacecraft is Maj. Wilbert ‘Doug’ Pearson. In 1985 he flew a modified F-15 with a specialized anti-satellite missile to shoot down an old satellite. Much of the detailed information was derived from Sven Grahn’s collection: http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/AS… http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/AS…