Space Exploration
Building A Space Base, Part 3: Making Remote Robots Smart
We're still a few years away from the cute robots in Moon or Interstellar that help their human explorers. But…
Satellite Debris Forces Space Station To Evade Threat Hours Before Collision Risk
A spacecraft attached to the International Space Station did an "emergency maneuver" to push the complex, which now houses six…
Building A Space Base, Part 2: How Much Money Would It Take?
How much would it cost to establish a space base close to Earth, say on the Moon or an asteroid?…
Comet Landing Countdown: Why ‘Agilkia’ Is The New Name For Philae Touchdown Site
After sifting through 8,000 entries in multiple languages -- even in Esperanto! -- the contest to name Philae's landing site…
Titanic Liquid: Blinding ‘Sunglint’ Shines On Saturn’s Swampy Moon
See that yellow smudge in the image above? That's what the Sun looks like reflecting off the seas of Titan,…
Building A Space Base, Part 1: Why Mine On The Moon Or An Asteroid?
So can we get off of Earth already and start building bases on the Moon or an asteroid? As highlighted…
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Why Watch ESA Rosetta’s Movie ‘Ambition’? Because We Want to Know What is Possible
NASA has taken on space missions that have taken years to reach their destination; they have more than a dozen…
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SpaceX Dragon Departs Space Station after Delivering Slew of Science and Returns with Ocean Splashdown
Concluding a busy five week mission, the SpaceX Dragon CRS-4 commercial cargo ship departed the International Space Station (ISS) this…
Google Exec Hands Silicon Valley the Stratospheric Jump Record
Just a little over two years since Felix Baumgartner broke USAF Colonel Joseph Kittinger's stratospheric jump record, Alan Eustace from…
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Making Cubesats do Astronomy
One doesn't take two cubesats and rub them together to make static electricity. Rather, you send them on a brief space voyage…