Space Exploration
Voyager Mission Is Cooling Its Jets
[/caption] Or, more appropriately, Voyager 1 is cooling its instruments. To help conserve power, the mission managers at NASA have…
The Next Generation of Robotic Space Explorers – Powered by Bacteria!
[/caption] As technology advances, a lot of the gadgets and other things we use keep getting smaller, lighter and thinner.…
Our Picks of Best Space and Astronomy Images from 2011
[/caption] 2011 was a picturesque year! The year brought us new discoveries, a new supernova, the end of an era…
Missions that Weren’t: NASA’s Manned Mission to Venus
[/caption] In the mid-1960s, before any Apollo hardware had flown with a crew, NASA was looking ahead and planning its…
Good and Bad News Comes With NASA’s 2012 Budget
[/caption] On November 14, President Obama signed an Appropriations bill that solidified NASA's budget for fiscal year 2012. The space…
Could We Soon See the End of ITAR’s Chokehold on Space Exploration?
[/caption] Jeff Foust of The Space Review may have said it best when he claimed that ITAR, a set of…
NASA Developing Real-Life Tractor Beams
[/caption] If you are a Star Trek fan, you will of course be familiar with "tractor beams," those cool-looking laser…
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Boeing To Use Shuttle Hangar for CST-100 Space Taxi
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – NASA hosted an event on Monday, Oct. 31, at 10 a.m. EDT at Kennedy Space…
Science Fiction No More: Humans and Robots to Explore Space Together
[/caption] When you hear about robots and space exploration, the first thing many people may think of is R2-D2 and…
Do You Have Ideas for Deep Space Travel? NASA Wants to Hear from You
[/caption] You've probably heard by now how NASA is going to focus more on deep space exploration, both manned and…