Space Exploration

Driving, Driving, Driving – Curiosity’s Top Priority on the Road to Mysterious Mount Sharp

Driving, Driving, Driving - that’s the number one priority for NASA’s rover Curiosity as she traverses across the floor of…

10 years ago

See This Orange Smudge? This Could Be NASA’s Target For The Asteroid Mission

In the center of the image above is an orange smudge. It may not look like much to the untrained…

10 years ago

What Will Rosetta’s Comet Look Like? How Artists Over The Years Pictured It

Comets are notoriously hard to predict -- just ask those people on Comet ISON watch late in 2013. So as…

10 years ago

Elon Musk: ‘I’m Hopeful That The First People Can Be Taken To Mars in 10, 12 Years’

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, is a hot topic in the media these days. He recently unveiled a manned version…

10 years ago

Where To Go After Pluto? Hubble Seeks The Next Target For New Horizons

It's going to be a really busy summer for the New Horizons team. While they're checking out the newly awakened…

10 years ago

Pale White Dot: Saturn’s Moon Atlas Shines Between Gas Giant’s Rings

See that small pixel? That's an entire moon you're looking at! Peeking between the rings of Saturn is the tiny…

10 years ago

3-D Printer To Fly To Space In August, Sooner Than Planned

A 3-D printer intended for the International Space Station has passed its NASA certifications with flying colors -- earning the…

10 years ago

Boeing Unveils Commercial CST-100 ‘Space Taxi’ to Launch US Astronauts to Space from US Soil

Boeing unveiled full scale mockup of their commercial CST-100 'Space Taxi' on June 9, 2014 at its intended manufacturing facility…

10 years ago