Space Exploration
LCROSS Passes Pre-Flight Tests Before Kamikaze Mission to Find Water on Moon
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is a very exciting mission for lunar exploration. Since the discovery of…
Ares V Rocket Gets an Upgrade: It will be Bigger and Stronger for 2020 Moon Mission (Video)
NASA announced on Wednesday that the original Constellation project's principle rocket, the Ares V, will need to be designed to…
Mars Settlement Pioneers Will Face Huge Psychological Challenges
Imagine you are on the crew of a Mars mission and you fall out with a fellow crew member. You…
Japanese Special Brew: Space Beer
Well, the title is a little misleading. It should read something like, "Japanese Scientists Brew Beer from Barley that Spent…
One-Way Mission to Mars: US Soldiers Will Go
Sergeant First Class William H. Ruth III contemplates his current duty in a barren landscape in Afghanistan, and says he's…
What Would You Say to ET?
This past semester at the University of Wyoming, students have been figuring out what humans, if they ever had the…
Popular Space Elevator Video Not “News,” says LiftPort Founder
An online video that's been circulating like wildfire on the internet recently is actually almost two years old, says Michael…
The Pioneer Anomaly: A Deviation from Einstein Gravity?
Both Pioneer probes are approximately 240,000 miles (386,000 km) closer to the Sun than predicted by calculation. Scientists have been…
Podcast: Getting Around the Solar System
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a spacecraft off the Earth and into space. And how managers…
The Value of Space Exploration
Read any debate about space exploration, and this question will invariably come up. "Why should we be spending money exploring…