Space Exploration

Curiosity is Back! Snapping Fresh Martian Vistas

Curiosity is back! After a multi-week hiatus forced by a computer memory glitch, NASA’s mega rover is back to full…

12 years ago

Stalking the Lunar X

This week offers observers a shot at capturing a fascinating but elusive lunar feature. But why study the Moon? It’s…

12 years ago

Curiosity Discovers Environment Where Life Could have Thrived on Ancient Mars

After analyzing the first powder ever drilled from the interior of a Martian rock, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered some of…

12 years ago

Saturn to Shed its Spooky Spokes for Summer

As Saturn steadily moves along its 29.7-year-long orbit toward summertime in its northern hemisphere NASA's Cassini spacecraft is along for…

12 years ago

NASA’s KaBOOM Experimental Asteroid Radar Aims to Thwart Earth’s Kaboom

Over the past month, about a half dozen rather large asteroids have careened nearby our home planet and in one…

12 years ago

Lessons From a Space Dummy

Before a man could head into space, the Russians felt a mannequin needed to get there first. It was on…

12 years ago

Plastic Wrapped Shuttle Atlantis Slated for Grand Public Unveiling in June

Imagine visiting Star Fleet headquarters in the 23nd Century and being engulfed by a holodeck journey to a 21st century…

12 years ago

Solar Storm Blasting to Mars Shuts Down Curiosity – 1st Rocky Sample Results on tap

Due to a fast approaching solar storm, NASA has temporarily shut down surface operations of the Curiosity Mars Science Lab…

12 years ago