Space Exploration

Could Lizard Hands Help Us Clean Up Space Junk?

We've written extensively about the orbital debris problem here on Universe Today. In a nutshell, just about every time we…

10 years ago

Mercury Spacecraft’s 2015 Death Watch Could Go One More Month

If all goes well -- and there's no guarantee of this -- NASA's venerable Mercury sentinel may have an extra…

10 years ago

Space-y Charity: Some Ideas To Respond To Astronaut Hadfield’s Challenge

While the world was enchanted with Chris Hadfield's social media posts last year, a new video has the retired astronaut…

10 years ago

Incredible Towering Structures Cast Shadows Across Saturn’s Rings

From a distance, Saturn's rings look like a sheer sheet, but peer up close and you can see that impression…

10 years ago

Station Astronauts Send Christmas Greetings from the International Space Station

ISS astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA and Terry Virts, NASA send Christmas 2014 greetings from the space…

10 years ago

Successful Engine Test Enables SpaceX Falcon 9 Soar to Space Station in Jan. 2015

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - To ensure the highest possibility of success for the launch of a critical resupply mission…

10 years ago

NASA Video Shows Astronaut’s-Eye View of “Trial by Fire” from Inside Orion EFT-1 on First Test Flight

http://youtu.be/MtWzuZ6WZ8E Video Caption: New video recorded during NASA’s Orion return through Earth’s atmosphere provides viewers a taste of what the…

10 years ago

Walk Beside China’s Moon Rover In Best Chang’e-3 Mission Pictures Ever

It's been just over a year since China wowed the world with the first soft Moon landing in almost 40…

10 years ago

Gallery: Diving For Spacewalks Is Way Tougher Than You Think

If you've spent any length of time underwater, you appreciate just how much drag it creates on your limbs --…

10 years ago