Would the Real ‘SuperMoon’ Please Stand Up?
‘Tis the season once again, when rogue Full Moons nearing perigee seem roam the summer skies to the breathless exhortations…
Cyclone Spying: 3-D Hurricane View Of Arthur Reveals Rain Towers
While Hurricane Arthur was still a hurricane, the new Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory flew over the storm last week…
Voyager 1 Hears Sun Echoes Far Away, In Interstellar Space
Wow! Even from interstellar space, the plucky Voyager 1 can still listen in to activities from our Sun. Whenever the…
Calling All Space Tweeps! In Honor of STS-135, Share Your Fave Shuttle Pics
Has it been three years already? The last mission of the space shuttle program launched on this day in 2011.…
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Antares Commercial Rocket Cleared for July 11 Space Station Blastoff Following Engine Re-Inspection
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - The long delayed liftoff of an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket on a…
Buzz Aldrin Wants to Know: Where Were You When Apollo 11 Landed on the Moon?
If you are 45 years or older, chances are you know where you were and what you were doing on…
Virtual Summer Camp Alert! Maker Camp Kicks Off Today
If you're a high school student who's really into space, Maker Camp bills itself as a great spot for you…
How Many Ways Can the Sun Kill You?
The Sun has a Swiss army knife of ways it can do you in, from radiation to solar flares. And…
Sketches of Saturn: Ringed Planet Dances In Raw Cassini Images
We space people are very lucky to get glimpses of Saturn (and other planets!) regularly through the raw images feature…
Mars ‘Sky Crane’ Revisited? Rover Prototype Drops To Ground Safely In European Tests
How do you land a machine on the Red Planet? Appears that the answer keeps changing as engineers get smarter…