Missions

New NASA Probe – The Comet Harpoon

[/caption] It's not easy to sample a comet. These outer solar system travelers speed around the inner solar system at…

13 years ago

NASA Considers Sending a Telescope to Outer Solar System

[/caption] Editors note --- Science journalist and author Bruce Dorminey spoke to two NASA scientists about the possibility of mounting…

13 years ago

Best Look Yet of Comet Lovejoy’s Slingshot Around the Sun

There have been some great images and video of Comet Lovejoy's close encounter with the Sun, but this video put…

13 years ago

A Psychedelic Guide to Tycho’s Supernova Remnant

[/caption] By no means are we suggesting that NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope can induce altered states of awareness, but…

13 years ago

Russian Lunar Exploration Program at Full Speed, Despite Failure of Mars Moon Probe

[/caption] Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the…

13 years ago

Documentary: A Look Back at the Apollo Missions

If you've got a spare 45 minutes and want to take a look back at the Apollo missions to the…

13 years ago

Russian Space Program Prepares for Phobos-Grunt Re-Entry

Editor’s note: Dr. David Warmflash, principal science lead for the US team from the LIFE experiment on board the Phobos-Grunt…

13 years ago

The Thirty-Ninth Anniversary of the Last Moonwalk

[/caption] On December 13, 1972, Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt…

13 years ago

Dawn swoops to lowest orbit around Vesta – Unveiling Spectacular Alien World

[/caption] NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Orbiter successfully spiraled down today to the closest orbit the probe will ever achieve around the…

13 years ago