Space Exploration

Closing the Clamshell on a Martian Curiosity

[/caption] Curiosity’s clamshell has been closed. And it won’t open up again until a few minutes after she blasts off…

13 years ago

Success ! Launch Video of Crucial Russian Rocket to ISS puts Human Flights back on Track

http://youtu.be/cJcMvUNIAhc Video caption: Liftoff of unmanned Russian Progress craft atop Soyuz booster on Oct. 30, 2011 from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit:…

13 years ago

Russia Fuels Phobos-Grunt and sets Mars Launch for November 9

[/caption] Russia’s Space Agency, Roscosmos, has set November 9 as the launch date for the Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars and…

13 years ago

Science Fiction No More: Humans and Robots to Explore Space Together

[/caption] When you hear about robots and space exploration, the first thing many people may think of is R2-D2 and…

13 years ago

Do You Have Ideas for Deep Space Travel? NASA Wants to Hear from You

[/caption] You've probably heard by now how NASA is going to focus more on deep space exploration, both manned and…

13 years ago

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Raising Funds, Awareness With Autograph Show

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It all started – with seven. The original seven Mercury astronauts that is. They wanted…

13 years ago

Here There Be Dragons: SpaceX’s Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Complex 40

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) welcomed a new guest to Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) on…

13 years ago

Curiosity Buttoned Up for Martian Voyage in Search of Life’s Ingredients

[/caption] Take a good last, long look at the magnificent robot that is Curiosity, because she’s been all buttoned up…

13 years ago

Video Duet – Soyuz Debut Blast off from the Amazon Jungle and Rockin’ Russian Rollout !

http://youtu.be/c750fdZR6Mg Watch the video of today’s debut lift off of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the edge of the Amazon…

13 years ago