Nicholos Wethington
First Flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic, the private aerospace company founded by billionaire Richard Branson, successfully tested the passenger space-plane SpaceShipTwo today. SpaceShipTwo (SS2),…
Cryosat-2 Set to Launch Next Week
The ESA has scheduled the launch of Cryosat-2 for February 25th aboard a Russian Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
A Double-Dose of Cassini Goodness
The Cassini mission is just a non-stop faucet of fantastic images! Here are two that were released today, for your…
Airborne Observatory Passes Next Stage of Testing
If you've ever been out observing and the clouds roll in, undoubtedly you've thought, "If I could only get above…
Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video)
To get something into space right now, you need a rocket. You also need a lot of money, as the…
China To Launch Space Station in 2010 or 2011
China is planning to launch their own space station, named Tiangong, by the end of 2010 or beginning of 2011.…
NASA’s Bargain Basement Artifact Sale
If there were to be an advertisement from NASA for this initiative, it would read as follows: "NASA's Bargain Basement…
Listen to the Music of the Spheres
Pythagoras, the Greek mathematician and philosopher, is credited with saying, "There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There…
How Water Protected Our Molecules
One would think that crafting a shield out of water wouldn't do much good (not in medieval combat re-enactments, anyways).…
India Launched 11 Rockets to Monitor Eclipse
India launched a small fleet of rockets to monitor the effects of the annular solar eclipse that occurred today. A…