1st Space-bound Orion Crew Capsule Unveiled at Kennedy
Image caption: Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida welcomes the newly arrived Orion crew capsule at a Kennedy Space Center unveiling…
What’s a Higgs Boson, Anyway?
With the science world all abuzz in anticipation of tomorrow's official announcement from CERN in regards to its hunt for…
Integrating New Concepts for Entry, Descent and Landing for Future Human Missions to Mars
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Andy Tomaswick, an electrical engineer who follows space science and technology. One…
Watch the James Webb Telescope Being Built Via “Webb-cam”
Want to watch the highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope come together? NASA has set up a webcam – in…
Fireworks Erupt From Newborn Star
Just in time for summer fireworks season, the Hubble science team has released an image of Herbig-Haro 110, a young…
An Epic Crater Called Odysseus
On June 28 NASA's Cassini spacecraft passed by Tethys, a 1,062-kilometer (662-mile) -wide moon of Saturn that's made almost entirely…
Shuttle Astronaut Alan Poindexter Killed in Tragic Jet Ski Accident
Caption: Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander, posed for a photo in the Cupola of the International Space Station in April 2010.…
New Warning System Designed to Keep Astronauts Safe from Solar Storms
A new solar storm prediction system based in Antarctica could provide astronauts in space warning time of over two hours…
Tevatron Targets Higgs Mass
Today, researchers from Fermilab announced they have zeroed in further on the mass of the Higgs boson, the controversially-called "God…
Carnival of Space #256
[/caption] This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Christopher Crockett at his yet-to-be-named brand new personal blog. Maybe send…