Former Space Shuttle Manager Mike Moses Joins Virgin Galactic
[/caption] One of the most respected members of NASA’s space shuttle program has joined Virgin Galactic as the commercial space…
Why is Tonight’s Full Moon the Smallest of the Year?
[/caption] Think we can only see half of the Moon's surface from Earth? Not always. Over the course of the…
Infographic: Space Launches Over Time
[/caption] For people who erroneously believe that the end of the space shuttle program means the end of space exploration…
Earth Vs. Stuff from the Sun
[/caption] The Sun is big. And comparatively, Earth is a tiny Lilliputian. We've all seen images comparing the size of…
New YouTube Space Station Experiment Contest
What’s a good way to generate excitement around the whole world for the International Space Station? Create a contest for…
Amazing New View of the Mt. Everest of Vesta
[/caption] NASA has just released an amazing new view of the mysterious south pole of Vesta that offers an oblique…
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Behind The Scenes: United Launch Alliance’s Horizontal Integration Facility
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – While the Horizontal Integration Facility or HIF might sound similar to the Vertical Integration Facility…
A Rover’s 3-Year Drive Across Mars
Here's a look at the Opportunity rover's three-year trek across 20 km (13 miles) of Meridiani Planum on Mars, using…
A Meteorite Visits the Comettes
[/caption] When your last name is Comette, I'm sure the occasional astronomy-themed joke is never far away. But it's no…
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Book Review: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane
[/caption] The space shuttle program is over. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to…