The SpaceX Business Plan: Help Build a Spacefaring Civilization
[/caption] Elon Musk conceded that the space business world is an extraordinarily difficult place to make money. But that isn’t…
Gallery: Dragon/Falcon 9 Launch and Recovery Photos, Videos
[/caption] Enjoy a few glimpses at history from the Dec. 8 launch of Falcon 9 and Dragon. Here is video…
Moon 3-D
[/caption] As Earth's Moon gently passes across the night sky, Earth bound planners try to make it a more immediate…
Where In The Universe Challenge #128
Ready for another Where In The Universe Challenge? Here’s #128! Take a look and see if you can name where…
The Future is Now: SpaceX Flight 100% Successful
[/caption] Hailed as a both a great day for commercial spaceflight as well as for NASA, SpaceX made history on…
Stunning ISS View of Volcanos on Earth
[/caption] What a view! This photograph taken by one of the astronauts on the International Space Station shows several snow-covered…
WASP-12b: A Carbon Rich Exoplanet
[/caption] Since its discovery in 2008, WASP-12b has been an unusual planet. This 1.4 Jovian mass, gas giant lies so…
SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 carrying Dragon spacecraft
CAPE CANAVERAL – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched the first Falcon 9/Dragon demonstration flight for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services…
New Look at an Ancient Swarm of Stars
[/caption] Globular clusters form during the earliest stages in a galaxy’s development, so clusters like this one, M 107, or…
Akatsuki Fails to Enter Orbit of Venus
JAXA announced that the Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter orbit around Venus. The orbit insertion maneuver was performed, the space…