This Short Film is a Stunning Preview of Human Space Exploration
One day – and it really is only matter of time – humans will set foot on the surfaces of…
The Perfect Holiday Gift: The Year In Space Calendar 2015!
Here's our most-recommended holiday gift every year: The Year In Space Calendar! And for 2015 it's back, it's big and…
Jupiter-Bound Spacecraft Takes A Small Step To Seek Habitable Worlds
It takes years of painstaking work to get a spacecraft off the ground. So when you have a spacecraft like…
What Came Before the Big Bang?
Astronomers are pretty sure what happened after the Big Bang, but what came before? What are the leading theories for…
Dawn Spacecraft Will Take Pictures Of Its Target Dwarf Planet Today
The year 2015 is going to be a big one for far-off spacecraft. Among them is the long-running Dawn mission,…
Carnival of Space #382
The tent is up! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Click…
Communicating Across the Cosmos 4: The Quest for a Rosetta Stone
On television and in the movies, it’s so easy. Aliens almost always speak English (at least in America they do).…
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Probing Pluto’s Paltry Atmosphere Using A Solar Eclipse And Spacecraft
Pluto is so far away from us and so tiny that it's hard to glean even basic facts about it.…
Sail Past Orion to the Outer Limits of the Milky Way
Several nights ago the chill of interstellar space refrigerated the countryside as temperatures fell well below zero. That didn't discourage…
Cool NASA Animation Beautifully Details Every Step of Orion’s First Launch!
http://vimeo.com/31799422 Video Caption: Animation details NASA’s Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) mission launching on Dec. 4. 2014. Credit: NASA It’s…