‘Moonwalk One’ Makes Us Excited About Apollo 11 All Over Again
Long lineups at Cape Kennedy. Every television channel playing the same breathless coverage. Shots of rockets, of men in spacesuits,…
Is Our Solar System Weird?
Is our Solar System normal? Or is it weird? How does the Solar System fit within the strange star systems…
Cygnus Commercial Resupply Ship ‘Janice Voss’ Berths to Space Station on 45th Apollo 11 Anniversary
Following a nearly three day journey, an Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus commercial cargo freighter carrying a ton and a half…
What Created This Huge Crater In Siberia?
What is it with Russia and explosive events of cosmic origins? The 1908 Tunguska Explosion, the Chelyabinsk bolide of February 2013, and…
Ancient Snow Shaped A Martian Basin That’s Half The Size Of Brazil
Such great heights! A mountain chain peeks in the background of this new view of Hellas Basin, based on information…
45 Years Ago Today: Relive the Historic Apollo 11 Launch
45 years ago today -- on July 16th, 1969 -- the Apollo 11 crew left Earth for the first human…
Feel The Heat! New Mars Map Shows Differences Between Bedrock And Sand
For years, NASA's Mars Odyssey has been working on some night moves. It's been taking pictures of the Red Planet…
Cygnus Cargo Craft Closing In for Space Station Berthing on July 16 – Watch Live
The Cygnus commercial cargo craft is rapidly closing in on the International Space Station (ISS) for an expected berthing on…
DARPA’s Experimental Space Plane XS-1 Starts Development
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to develop a fully-reusable unmanned spaceplane, and they are now ready…
Rock On! Curiosity Spots a Heavy Metal Meteorite
Talk about heavy metal! This shiny, lumpy rock spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover is likely made mostly of iron --…