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NIAC is Back: NASA Funds 30 Innovative Ideas that Just Might Work
[/caption] What do these three things have in common: space debris elimination using an air gun, a heat shield made…
New Webb Telescope Technologies Already Helping Human Eyes
[/caption] Editor's note: This NASA press release provides just one example of how developing technology for space missions often has…
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One On One With Space Shuttle Program’s First Pilot, Robert Crippen
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – The shuttle program has drawn to a close. Present at the final flight was one…
Through the Wormhole Episode: Can We Travel Faster Than Light?
[/caption] Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman has entered into its second season and is working to highlight topics as…
ULA Delta IV Thunders Off Pad With GPS IIF-2 Satellite
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The U.S. Air Force launched the GPS IIF-2 satellite into orbit Saturday (July 16) on…
Zubrin Claims VASIMR is a Hoax
[/caption] A next-generation plasma rocket being developed by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz called the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma…
Milky Way Sparkles In The Eyes Of Gaia
[/caption] Here on Earth we play around with CCD cameras that boast a million pixels. But, can you imagine what…
Your Flying Car is Here
[/caption] Here’s your flying car. And it’s just gotten approval from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to hit…
Launch Complex 37B: Level by Level
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – Space Launch Complex 37 is where United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rockets send their…
June 21 ATV Re-Entry: A Man-Made Fireball In The Sky
[/caption] The Johannes Kepler ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has undocked from the International Space station and will re- enter Earth’s…