Stunning Video! Dawn – One Year at Asteroid Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is on its way to Ceres, the largest asteroid to be explored. This asteroid probe is leaving behind a legacy of exploration – by circling asteroid Vesta since July 2011. But now the spacecraft has been gradually leaving its orbit around that...Radar Finds Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice
The walls of the Moon’s Shackleton crater are likely the site of small patches of ice. Thanks to the Mini-RF radar on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), data collected show that small patches of ice could make up at most 5 to 10 percent of material in walls of...New High-Res Video: Curiosity’s Landing on Mars
If you want to get a feel for touching down on the Red Planet, look at a new movie thanks to NASA’s Curiosity rover mission. The video covers the last two-and-a-half minutes before the rover touches down in Gale Crater. This movie is available courtesy of...CubeSat Thruster: Engine of Creation
A worry about the proliferation of CubeSat satellite launches is adding clutter to an already troublesome amount of Earth-circling debris. If CubeSats were deployed at higher orbits, they would take much longer to degrade, potentially creating space clutter. As more...New Color Photo: Curiosity Sitting On Mars
Thanks to the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) the Curiosity rover was sitting on the surface of Mars. This color-enhanced view of NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars was taken by the MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) as it flew...Curious “Photo-finish”: Sky Crane’s Demise Documented
After deploying the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, the Sky Crane performed its own aerial acrobatics – crashing in a planned maneuver far away from the rover’s landing zone. Engineers have reviewed images taken by Curiosity’s Hazard-Avoidance cameras finding...New Public Poll Surveys Sending Human to Mars
As NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover revs up to start rolling, a new poll has looked into public backing of a human mission to Mars. Now Americans are slightly more supportive of sending a human to the Red Planet. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 36...Virtual Reality Tools Available for Mars Explorers – That Means You!
Now that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has reached the red planet, you can keep an eye on the mission in 3D. Best yet…without need for special glasses! But you will need to install the Unity web player in order to begin! To enjoy a virtual experience that allows you to...New Photo Captures Curiosity Rover, Landing Hardware, Parachute
Imagery from orbiting spacecraft has pictured the four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA’s Curiosity rover The hardware has been spotted by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science...Space Talk
A stronger signal for humanity’s journey beyond Earth!
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The Cosmic Rings: A Mysterious Dance Around the Sun 😱😱😱
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Did you know Neil Armstrong didn't say "That's one small step for man." The astronaut insists he actually stated, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
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Tomorrow Night, the Sky Could Put on a Rare Double Show.
Red northern lights may appear alongside a red Moon during a partial lunar eclipse.
Two celestial wonders. One unforgettable night.
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Rare red northern lights may be visible alongside red moon during tomorrow night's partial lunar...
Moderate G1 and G2 geomagnetic storms are forecast during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse, with the northern ...
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