Space Exploration
Students: Want To Get An Experiment Into Space? You Know You Want To
Beer brewing in space? That's what a preteen student will ask astronauts to do on the International Space Station soon.…
India’s First Mars Mission Set to Blast off Seeking Methane Signature
India is gearing up for its first ever space undertaking to the Red Planet - dubbed the Mars Orbiter Mission,…
Topsy-Turvy Aurora Caught On Astronaut’s Camera
Isn't that aurora facing the wrong way? Not if you're in space! NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins tweeted this picture from…
NASA Celebrates Return To Work, But Shutdown’s Shadow Could Linger
After 16 days off the job, most employees at NASA returned to work today (Oct. 17). The good news came…
To The Moon! Crowdfunded Solar Sail Shoots For Lunar Launch
It's a tiny satellite with ambitious goals: to zip all the way from the Earth to the Moon using a…
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Jupiter-bound Juno Probe Back in Full Operation After Earth Flyby Glitch
Juno swoops over Argentina This reconstructed day side image of Earth is one of the 1st snapshots transmitted back home…
Chris Hadfield Regretted Not Being Able To Make One Last Spacewalk
Chris Hadfield loved spacewalking. That was clear in a past interview he did for Universe Today: It is like coming…
Stunning Dunes, Crevices And Horizons From Mars Spacecraft
Who doesn't love Mars? Amid the bad news of a U.S. government shutdown now stretching towards Day 12, there are…
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Returns 1st Flyby images of Earth while Sailing On to Jupiter
Following the speed boosting slingshot of Earth on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that sent NASA’s Juno orbiter hurtling towards Jupiter, the…
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NASA’s Juno probe Gets Gravity Speed Boost during Earth Flyby But Enters ‘Safe Mode’
Developing story - NASA’s Juno-bound Jupiter orbiter successfully blazed past Earth this afternoon (Oct. 9) and gained its huge and…