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NASA's Artemis 2: Humanity's Return to Deep Space After Five Decades

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  After more than 50 years since humans last ventured beyond Earth's orbit, NASA is preparing to make history once again. The Artemis 2 mission, targeting a launch in March 2026, will send four astronauts on a journey around the Moon—marking the first crewed deep space mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. A Historic Crew for a Historic Mission The 10-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. This crew represents several historic firsts: Victor Glover will become the first person of color to leave low Earth orbit, Christina Koch will be the first woman to travel to the Moon, and Jeremy Hansen will be the first non-American to make the journey. Reid Wiseman, an experienced astronaut and test pilot, serves as mission commander. The diverse crew brings together expertise in spacewalks, robotics, long-duration spaceflight, and international collaboration—all essential elements for the amb...

The Montauk Project: The Conspiracy Theory That Inspired Stranger Things

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  If you've ever watched Netflix's Stranger Things , you've seen psychic children, secret government labs, and portals to alternate dimensions. What you might not know is that the show was originally titled "Montauk" and drew inspiration from one of America's most bizarre conspiracy theories: the Montauk Project. What Is the Montauk Project? The Montauk Project refers to alleged secret experiments conducted by the U.S. government at Camp Hero (also known as Montauk Air Force Station) in Montauk, New York, supposedly between 1971 and 1983. According to conspiracy theorists, these experiments involved mind control, time travel, teleportation, and contact with extraterrestrial beings. The story first gained widespread attention in 1992 when Preston B. Nichols published The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time , co-written with Peter Moon. Nichols claimed to have recovered repressed memories of his own involvement in the experiments, though the authors themselves ...