Solar System
Antares Raised to Launch Position for Sunday Night Launch to ISS
After a two year stand down, an upgraded commercial Antares rocket was rolled out to the NASA Wallops launch pad…
We Land on Mars in Just 2 days!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WCtJt46qU Watch how Schiaparelli will land on Mars. Touchdown will occur at 10:48 a.m. EDT (14:48 GMT) Wednesday Oct. 19. Cross your fingers…
First Antares Liftoff in 2 Years Targeted for Dazzling Nighttime Leap from Virginia on Oct. 13
The first Antares rocket liftoff in nearly two years is now being targeted for Oct. 13 on what is sure…
NASA’s First SLS Mars Rocket Fuel Tank Completes Welding
The first of the massive fuel tanks that will fly on the maiden launch of NASA’s SLS mega rocket in…
Schiaparelli & The Problematic History Of Martian Landings
The Schiaparelli lander will attempt it's landing on Mars in 15 days. Will it succeed, or join the long list…
Rosetta Wows With Amazing Closeups of Comet 67P Before Final ‘Crunchdown’
After 10 years pursuing 67P/C-G and more than two years studying it from orbit, Rosetta made the comet's icy nucleus…
NASA’s Outbound OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Sampler Snaps ‘First-Light’ Images
NASA’s newest planetary probe, the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling spacecraft, is merrily snapping its ‘First-Light’ images following the successful power up…
Apollo 11 Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin Talks to Universe Today about ‘Destination Mars’
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - Sending humans on a ‘Journey to Mars’ and developing strategies and hardware to…
Drilling at Unfathomable Alien Landscapes – All in a Sols (Day’s) Work for Curiosity
Our beyond magnificent Curiosity rover has just finished her latest Red Planet drilling campaign - at the rock target called…
Bye, Bye Rosetta — We’ll Miss You!
The Rosetta comet probe will leave its flyover orbit today to prepare for its dramatic free-fall descent to the surface…