-
+25 +5
NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover getting ready to slither to the launch pad
"All of VIPER’s flight instruments are installed, and the rover is more than 80% built!"
-
+25 +9
Flipped Bit Could Mark The End Of Voyager 1‘s Interstellar Mission
Flight controllers have determined that the problem lies within the one remaining FDS on board (the backup FDS failed back in 1981), most likely thanks to a single bit of corrupted memory.
-
+22 +6
Death, Lonely Death
We thought we knew how Voyager would end. The power would gradually, inevitably, run down. The instruments would shut off, one by one. The signal would get fainter. Eventually either the last instrument would fail for lack of power, or the signal would be lost. We didn’t expect that it would go mad.
-
+19 +3
NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year
The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Houston space center.
-
+16 +3
Why NASA Is Watching Where Idaho’s Parachuting Beavers Landed
The mini-paratroopers have a new role to play today.
-
+19 +2
NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science - NASA
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch to the Moon’s South Polar region, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS,
-
+26 +11
New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been travelling alongside our planet since 100 BC
Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.
-
+22 +6
NASA's Historic Asteroid Space Probe Set To Return To Earth After 7 Years
NASA's first mission to retrieve an asteroid sample and return it to US is expected to reach a perilous finale on Sunday with a descent into the Utah desert. Scientists hope the material will help understand the formation of solar system.
-
+39 +11
Queen's Brian May helped NASA return its first asteroid sample
Brian May has once again proven why he is rock royalty. Not only is he the Queen guitarist, but he is also an astrophysicist who recently helped NASA return its first ever asteroid sample to Earth.
-
+38 +10
NASA wants more 'space tug' ideas to deorbit the International Space Station in a fiery finale
A spaceship will safely bring down the U.S. segment of the ISS after the program concludes in 2030.
-
+24 +6
Prada to design Nasa's new moon suit
Art meets science as Prada designers help create the spacesuits for the 2025 moon mission.
-
+48 +6
Fedoras in Space! Red Hat helps with NASA's Artemis Lunar missions
Lockheed Martin uses Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to host NASA's Artemis mission simulations.
-
+21 +3
First U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward the moon
The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers.
-
+15 +1
NASA is looking for volunteers to live in its Mars simulation for a year
NASA put out an open call on Friday for volunteers to participate in its yearlong Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA 2) mission. The space agency will select four people for a crew that will be housed in its 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat in Houston.
-
+6 +1
What It's Like To Drop 150,000 Feet Straight Down
If I say "meet me 28 miles from here," that doesn't seem very far, right? But what if the 28 miles is not on a road or a highway, but straight up? Take a trip with a space shuttle solid rocket booster as it tumbles back to Earth. Headphones on.
-
+7 +2
Astronaut Describes Almost Drowning In Space
On July 16, NASA cut short a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station after Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano reported water inside of his space suit helmet.
-
+7 +2
NASA sends unmanned rocket to the moon
NASA launched an unmanned moon orbiter Friday night to study the lunar atmosphere and environment.
-
+8 +1
The First Animals In Space
Some of these space-faring animals gave their lives for the sake of discovery, but many of them returned safely to Earth. Here are the stories of these incredible and brave animal explorers.
-
+6 +1
NASA Ready To Launch Massive Balloon To Study Comet ISON
Capturing a glimpse of a rare comet’s trip past Earth on its way toward the Sun would appear to be a daunting feat requiring the greatest tools in space technology. But a Johns Hopkins University team of scientists has crafted a pretty clever way for NASA to observe the comet - and it doesn’t even involve a space shuttle.
-
+4 +1
Cygnus freighter reaches station
The new Cygnus freighter has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) carrying about 700kg (1,500lb) of food and other supplies.
Submit a link
Start a discussion