In the early morning hours of Saturday, January 10, 2015, Falcon 9 and Dragon began their fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Liftoff occurred at 4:47am […]
Hubble Goes High-Def To Revisit The Iconic “Pillars Of Creation”
The space telescope has captured a new visible-light portrait of the Eagle Nebula nearly 20 years later as well as a version in the near-infrared. Although NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken […]
The Will Of A Dutch Astronaut, Source For 2015 New Year’s Resolutions
A Dutch astronaut died a few months ago. On 18 May 2014. His name was Wubo Ockels. Before he died he testified all people should be astronauts just to be able to […]
NASA Rover Finds Active, Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars
Possible Methane Sources and Sinks Source: NASA This illustration portrays possible ways that methane might be added to Mars’ atmosphere (sources) and removed from the atmosphere (sinks). NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has […]
Researchers Detect Possible Signal From Dark Matter
Could there finally be tangible evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe? After sifting through reams of X-ray data, scientists in EPFL’s Laboratory of Particle Physics and Cosmology (LPPC) […]
Science Suggests Mars Maintained Climate Producing Long-Lasting Lakes
Observations by NASA’s Curiosity Rover indicate Mars’ Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years. This interpretation of Curiosity’s finds in Gale […]
War Drones In Support Of Science
The Predator drone is an iconic symbol of America’s current wars, and it’s younger — but bigger — Predator-B sibling often goes by the ominous name Reaper. In NASA’s hands, the Predator-B […]
First Female Italian Astronout In Space
The changeover from Expedition 41 to 42 on the International Space Station is now complete. Almost two weeks ago, on 10 November 2014, three members of the space station’s crew returned to […]
Leadership In Cometary Science
The pioneering lander Philae completed its primary mission of exploring the comet’s surface and returned plenty of data before depleted batteries forced it to go silent, the European Space Agency said Saturday. […]
ESA Livestream Philae Landing On Comet
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Rosetta And Philae Landing Timeline
A timeline of the most crucial activities related to separation, descent and landing on 11 and 12 November. It has been compiled with inputs from the Flight Control Team at ESOC and […]
NASA Signs Lease With Google For Coming 60 Years
NASA Signs Lease with Planetary Ventures LLC (a Google Company) for Use of Moffett Airfield and Restoration of Hangar One After years of using Moffett Field as the home and launch pad for […]
What It Will Take to Become an Interstellar Civilsation
The new movie “Interstellar” is set in a not-so-distant future, but distant enough that they’ve managed to build something still elusive in 2014: a spaceship that can travel between solar systems. Such […]
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Spacecraft Crashes During Test Flight
Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space plane SpaceShipTwo suffered a serious malfunction during a rocket-powered test flight over Mojave, California, today (Oct. 31) resulting in the loss of the spacecraft. One of the two […]
