Curiosity’s Landing Leftovers
During its "seven minutes of terror" landing on August 6, 2012, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory dropped quite a few things…
Giveaway: Win a Free Copy of the Sun Surveyor App for Your iPhone
It's time for another giveaway. This time we're giving out 10 copies of the Sun Surveyor App for iOS. This…
Curiosity Rover Has Computer Problems
A problem with the memory on the Curiosity rover’s main computer has caused engineers to switch the rover over to…
5 Landsat Pictures That Changed the World
Turn a camera to a location for four decades, and you can see a lot of change. Streets appear or…
Dragon Launches Successfully, But Suffers Anomaly After Reaching Orbit
Just after 10 am Eastern time, the SpaceX successfully launched their Dragon capsule on a second resupply mission to the…
Beautiful Astrophoto: Zoom Into Orion
Here’s an awesome sequence of images from skyscape photographer Miguel Claro. These images were captured from Cape Espichel, Sesimbra, Portugal,…
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SpaceX Commercial Rocket Poised for March 1 Blast Off to ISS
Kennedy Space Center - All systems are GO and the weather outlook looks spectacular for the March 1 blast off…
How Will Sequestration Affect NASA?
It seems the US in not going to avoid the sequester -- the $85 billion worth of federal spending cuts…
‘Ultimate’ Prebiotic Molecules Found in Interstellar Space
The building blocks of life could have their beginnings in the tiny icy grains that make up the gas and…
Surprising Third Radiation Belt Found Around Earth
In September of 2012, scientists with the newly launched Van Allen Probes got permission to turn on one of their…