Space Exploration

Exploring Titan with Aerial Platforms

At NASA's Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, presenters showed various concepts for exploring Saturn's moon Titan with aerial platforms.

8 years ago

NASA’s Favorite Photos of 2016

There are a group of unsung heroes at NASA, the people who travel the world to capture key events in…

8 years ago

Why Space Exploration Represents the Best of Humanity

The current divisiveness that seems to be permeating our culture has many wondering if we can ever overcome the divisions…

8 years ago

Stephen Hawking Issues A Wake Up Call

According to a recent speech given by Hawking at the Oxford Union, humanity has 1000 years to become interplanetary, or…

8 years ago

What is the Mars Curse?

If you’re going to send a spacecraft to Mars, you’ve got to know that place has an insatiable hunger for…

8 years ago

Shouldn’t We Fix the Earth First?

Fraser gives 5 answers to the question, “why should we explore space when we have so many problems here on…

8 years ago

A New NASA Cumulative Time in Space Record

Upon his return to Earth, astronaut Jeff Williams will have established a new record for most time spent in space,…

8 years ago

Spaceports and the Future of Space Exploration

When you think of a spaceport, what do you imagine?

8 years ago

Lightweight Telescopes In CubeSats Using Carbon Nanotube Mirrors

Using carbon nanotubes, a team of NASA engineers has created a series of revolutionary new telescope mirrors for a Cubesat…

8 years ago

The House Makes NASA A Counteroffer It Probably Can’t Refuse

NASA's proposed new budget is mostly good news, though some planned missions will not be funded.

8 years ago