Missions
How Astronauts Can Explore The Martian Moon Phobos
OTTAWA, CANADA - Humans would spend more than a year orbiting and bouncing on the Martian moon Phobos under a…
A Guided Aerial Tour of Curiosity’s Journey So Far on Mars
Just where has the Curiosity rover traveled so far and where is it going? This new video, narrated by John…
Stunning New Flyover Video: Volcanoes, Canyons and Craters of Mars
Go from the highest volcano to the deepest canyon on Mars in this great new complication video from images taken…
Amateur Images Show Juno’s ‘Slingshot’ Around Earth Was a Success
With the government shutdown, news out of NASA is sometimes sparse. But thankfully amateur astronomers can fill in some of…
Sleek GOCE Spacecraft Will Have Uncontrolled Re-entry into Earth’s Atmosphere
The sleek and sexy-looking GOCE spacecraft has been mapping Earth’s gravity for over four years, but soon its xenon fuel…
It’s Official: Voyager 1 Is Now In Interstellar Space
In a cosmically historic announcement, NASA says the most distant human made object -- the Voyager 1 spacecraft -- is…
Watch LADEE Launch Live!
NASA’s heading back to the Moon, and you can see the launch – either live with your own eyes if…
Where’s the Best Place To Drill for History on Mars?
Where’s the best place to drill baby, drill on Mars – and not for oil but digging into Mars’ past?…
Podcast: The Spacecraft That Wouldn’t Die
In our previous episode, week we explored the various ways spacecraft can die. But this week, we explore the spacecraft…
Another Exoplanet Hunting Mission Ends: CoRoT Spacecraft Can’t be Recovered
More bad news on the exoplanet-hunting front: While the final fate of the Kepler spacecraft remains unknown, the CoRoT (Convection,…