Space Exploration
Welcome to Jupiter – NASA’s Juno Achieves Orbit around ‘King of the Planets’
Welcome to Jupiter! NASA’s Juno spacecraft is orbiting Jupiter at this moment! “NASA did it again!” pronounced an elated Scott…
Juno Snaps Final View of Jovian System Ahead of ‘Independence Day’ Orbital Insertion Fireworks Tonight – Watch Live
After a nearly 5 year odyssey across the solar system, NASA’s solar powered Juno orbiter is all set to ignite…
NASA Approves New Horizons Extended KBO Mission, Keeps Dawn at Ceres
In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…
NASA Completes Awesome Test Firing of World’s Most Powerful Booster for Human Mission to Mars – Gallery
The world’s most powerful booster that will one day propel NASA astronauts on exciting missions of exploration to deep space…
7 Days Out From Orbital Insertion, NASA’s Juno Images Jupiter and its Largest Moons
Now just 7 days out from a critical orbital insertion burn, NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno orbiter is closing in fast on…
Antares Return to Flight Launch Likely Slips to August, Cygnus Completes Atmospheric Reentry
The long awaited maiden launch of Orbital ATK’s revamped Antares commercial rocket utilizing new first stage engines, from its Virginia…
Mars at Closest Earth Approach Over SpaceX Recovered Falcon 9 at Sea – Photo
PORT CANAVERAL, FL - As you may have heard its Mars opposition season. What you may not have heard is…
Daylight Arrival Affords Eye-popping view of Radiant SpaceX Recovered Booster Sailing Victoriously into Port Canaveral
Port Canaveral, FL- The first ever daylight arrival afforded endless eye-popping views of what can only be described as a…
Re-engined’ Antares Rocket Completes Crucial Engine Test Firing
Orbital ATK announced late Tuesday that the company’s Antares medium-class commercial rocket outfitted with new first stage RD-181 engines has…
Webb Telescope Gets its Science Instruments Installed
The package of powerful science instruments at the heart of NASA’s mammoth James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have been successfully…