Japan Ready to Launch Venus Orbiter, Solar Sail
Japan is ready to launch its Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” as well as a small solar power sail demonstrator, the IKAROS. The two payloads will be lofted via Japan’s H-2A booster from the Tanegashima Space Center. Liftoff is slated for Monday, May 17 at 5:45 pm east...Antarctic Micrometeorites Provide Clues to Solar System Formation
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Source: USA Today Pandora, for the ancient Greeks, was a problem, popping open a pithos vase filled with all the ills of mankind. But thanks to the movie Avatar, Pandora offers a solution to one problem — what to call any hypothetically habitable moons orbiting one of...NASA expands lab role of International Space Station
Source: Network World, Layer 8 NASA is looking for a few good experiments to run in space. The space agency this week said it was seeking research ideas from private entities to want to do research on board the International Space Station. NASA said it was looking to...If Aliens Exist,They May Come to Get Us, Stephen Hawking Says
Source: Space.com If intelligent alien life forms do exist out in the vastness of the space, they might not be the friendly cosmic neighbors the people of Earth are looking for, famed British scientist Stephen Hawking says in a new television series chronicling his...NASA’s New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images
Source: NASA.gov View related briefing materials here. NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These...NASA’s New Asteroid Mission Could Save the Planet
Source: Space.com President Barack Obama set a lofty next goal this week for Americans in space: Visiting an asteroid by 2025. But reaching a space rock in a mere 15 years is a daunting mission, and one that might also carry the ultimate safety of the planet on its...Will President Obama finally lay out his vision for space?
Source: The Houston Chronicle Since his election as President, Barack Obama has barely mentioned NASA publicly. His most lengthy references came at the National Academies a year ago (see speech). But as some commentators noticed, he championed science during that...Eight Wonders of the Solar System, Made Interactive
From Scientific American: What might future explorers of the solar system see? Artist Ron Miller takes the viewer on a journey to eight of the most breathtaking views that await explorers of our solar system. The scale of these natural wonders dwarfs anything Earth...Space Talk
A heat dome caused soaring temperatures in the U.S. last weekend, breaking records in Montana, Wyoming & Utah.
Heat domes put the brakes on convection and suppress clouds and precipitation. This allows more sunlight to reach Earth’s surface making it even hotter.
This map shows air temperatures across the United States on July 12, 2026, at 2 p.m. MT.
It combines satellite observations with temperatures predicted by the @NASAGoddard GEOS model, which uses mathematical equations to represent physical processes in the atmosphere.
Fifty years ago, two nations launched a mission that proved space could bring the world together.
On July 15, 1975, NASA launched the Apollo spacecraft for the Apollo‑Soyuz Test Project — the first international human spaceflight mission. The Apollo and Soyuz crews carried out
Fifty years ago, two nations launched a mission that proved space could bring the world together.
On July 15, 1975, NASA launched the Apollo spacecraft for the Apollo‑Soyuz Test Project — the first international human spaceflight mission. The Apollo and Soyuz crews carried out
Did you know @NASA is sending a rotorcraft to Saturn's moon Titan? The Dragonfly mission will investigate Titan's diverse landscapes & organic chemistry.🪐🚁
Join us for a live webinar on July 16 at 2 pm ET to get the latest mission updates!
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/nQeXWoPfUBY
