Space Exploration

Astronauts Shave Their Heads Bald After U.S. Loses FIFA Match To Germany

Lose a soccer game and lose your hair. That's apparently the deal that American astronauts made on the International Space…

10 years ago

NASA Set to Launch OCO-2 Observatory on July 1 – Sniffer of Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) at the Launch Pad This black-and-white infrared view shows the launch gantry, surrounding the United…

10 years ago

NASA’s Orion Deep Space Capsule Completes Most Complex Parachute Test Ahead of Maiden Launch

A test version of NASA’s Orion deep space capsule has completed its most complex and last full flight-like parachute drop…

10 years ago

Curiosity Marks Milestone Anniversary – 1 Martian Year On Mars!

NASA’s Curiosity rover celebrated a milestone anniversary today, June 24 - 1 Martian Year on Mars! A Martian year is…

10 years ago

‘Time Capsule On Mars’ Team Hopes To Send a Spacecraft There With Your Messages

It's an ambitious goal: land three Cubesats on Mars sometime in the next few years for $25 million. And all…

10 years ago

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