Space Station to Probe for Antimatter
The largest scientific instrument to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) is being readied for flight to the orbiting complex early next year. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector. The AMS-02 will...Desert RATS Rover Mobile, but Rustic
Astronaut Stan Love and NASA geologist Jake Bleacher have wrapped up their Desert RATS Space Exploration Rover test drive with some pretty down to Earth impressions of the prototype for a mobile habitat that would enable new generations of explorers to traverse the...First Photo! NASA Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet Target
Sixty days before its flyby, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has snapped a picture of its quarry – comet Hartley 2. The spacecraft is on track for a November 4 flyby of the comet, ready to inspect Hartley 2 for over two months. The spacecraft is on an extended...James Webb Space Telescope Task: Spotting Exo-planet Volcanoes
One new assignment for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: Spot erupting volcanoes on rocky worlds orbiting distant stars. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2014. JWST will find the first...Challenger Center Heads to Arizona for NASA Desert RATS
Coalition for Space Exploration Continues its Support of Participatory Exploration at NASA For the next ten days Challenger Center will be reporting live from NASA’s Desert RATS in Arizona as humans use robots and rovers to learn what it would be like to live...Happy 33rd, Voyager I
Sunday marked the 33rd anniversary of NASA’s Voyager I launching, the second of twin spacecraft that conducted historic flyby missions of the solar system’s outermost planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 2 lifted off on Aug. 20, 1977....Just In! Raw Images of Saturn Moon – Dione
The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has churned out new images of the moon, Dione. Imagery was taken on Sept. 4, 2010 and includes the best views of Dione’s north pole region that Cassini has captured to date. “Just in … crisp, detailed raw images from...Clutter in the Cosmos – Tough Challenges Ahead in Removing Space Junk
ANAHEIM, California – Dealing with the messy facts of orbital debris circling the Earth is receiving the attention of researchers here at SPACE 2010, a major meeting of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). A look at how to deal with derelict...Orbiter Tribute Posters–download yours now!
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Ellos cruzaron la atmósfera. Ahora cruzan una línea que nunca habían cruzado. ¿Qué vieron desde allá arriba que los trajo de regreso a pelear aquí abajo? 🌍
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¡Regresamos a la #Luna!
La #NASA ya tiene fecha para la histórica misión Artemis III en 2027, que llevará a los astronautas al inexplorado Polo Sur lunar. Te contamos los detalles de este gigantesco paso para la humanidad.
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Launched on May 4, 1989 aboard STS-30, #NASA’s Magellan mission transformed our understanding of #Venus - mapping 98% of its surface using #radar and revealing a dynamic, volcanic world hidden beneath dense clouds.
As the first interplanetary probe deployed from a Space Shuttle,
IS EARTH ENTERING A NEW ERA IN 2026? 🌍🚀
BREAKING NEWS — NASA has officially confirmed that in 2026, Earth will begin to be the focus of some of the most ambitious space milestones in human history.
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