Space Flight

Revolutionary New Space-Diving Suit Will Rival Anything You’ve Ever Seen In The Movies

Editor's note: This guest post was written by Ron Atkins, a life-long supporter of human space exploration and an ardent…

12 years ago

Tributes Mount As Sally Ride’s 30th Anniversary In Space Approaches

Sally Ride was only 32 years old when she flew into space for the first time 30 years ago, in…

12 years ago

Chris Hadfield Teams Up With Tested.com to Try Food and Games in Space

We at Universe Today have been wondering, where did Chris Hadfield find the time to do all the great videos…

12 years ago

Curiosity Drills 2nd Hole into Ancient Mars Rocks Searching for the Ingredients of Life

NASA’s Curiosity rover has just successfully bored inside ancient rocks on Mars for only the 2nd time since her nail…

12 years ago

Gerbils, mice perish as Russian spacecraft returns to Earth

A menagarie of animals launched to space last month has arrived back on Earth -- with a few casualties for…

12 years ago

‘Major Tim’ Peake to Make first British Long-duration Spaceflight

The name is Peake. Timothy Peake. And he's set to follow in the (fictional) footsteps of fellow British citizen James…

12 years ago

Drill, Baby, Drill! – How Does Curiosity ‘Do It’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwuOByJ5zw&list=UUryGec9PdUCLjpJW2mgCuLw&index=4 Video Caption: This JPL video shows the complicated choreography to get drill samples to Curiosity's instruments as she prepares…

12 years ago

Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record

Now more than 9 years and counting into her planned mere 90 day mission to Mars, NASA’s legendary Opportunity rover…

12 years ago

‘Star Trek into Darkness’ & NASA Station Crews Join Forces at Live NASA Webcast

Science Fact and Science Fiction join forces in space today for a one of a kind meeting turning science fiction…

12 years ago

Chris Hadfield’s 5-month Space Mission in 90 Seconds

Already missing him being in space? I've seen several tweets about people going through Hadfield withdrawal. But to tide you…

12 years ago