Boeing and SpaceX Win NASA’s ‘Space Taxi’ Contracts for Space Station Flights
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced that Boeing and SpaceX have won the high stakes and…
Carnival of Space #371
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Watch Live as NASA Announces Who Will Fly Astronauts to the Space Station
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream NASA will make a "major announcement" today on the return of human spaceflight launches…
Repaired Opportunity Rover Readies For ‘Marathon Valley’ As It Transmits Martian Images
With a newly cleared memory, it's time for Opportunity to resume the next stage of its long, long Martian drive.…
Glowing Galaxies Shine Above Trance-Like Telescopic Timelapse
We often speak of the discoveries and data flowing from astronomical observatories, which makes it easy to forget the cool…
Stalking Uranus: A Complete Guide to the 2014 Opposition Season
It’s no joke… now is the time to begin searching the much-maligned (and mispronounced) planet Uranus as it reaches opposition…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 352: Water, Water Everywhere!
Where ever we find water on Earth we find life. And so, it makes sense to search throughout the Solar…
Could You Win A Trip To Space? New Group Aims To Use Contest Fees To Support Space Groups, Too
A new organization aims to send people to space on private spacecraft while supporting worthy causes on Earth at the…
New Horizons Sights Tiny Pluto Moon As Spacecraft Races Toward Dwarf Planet
Here's Hydra! The New Horizons team spotted the tiny moon of Pluto in July, about six months ahead of when…
Martian Ctl-Alt-Del: NASA Resets Opportunity Rover’s Memory, Stopping The Science Hiatus
In fantastic news for the long-running Opportunity mission on Mars, NASA says the rover's much-needed memory reset worked out perfectly.…