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Lego Minifigs to Accompany Juno Space Probe Mission
Launching this Friday will be NASA’s Atlas V rocket containing not only its most important piece of equipment, the Juno space probe, but three little Lego minifigs as well. Included in this mission...
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NASA tests metal ballista, space harpoon for Comet Nucleus mission
This week the coolest team of space explorers on the planet at NASA have announced their next raging action and adventure television episode called “Space Harpoons!” – or that’s what you might think if...
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NASA 911 Boeing 747 space shuttle hauler flies for the last time
I’m still more than a little sad that NASA retired the space shuttle fleet. The space shuttles were a source of endless wonder for millions of space geeks around the world for decades. One of the...
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Space shuttle Endeavor flight deck is festooned with buttons
The flight deck of NASA’s now retired space shuttle Endeavor is certainly not the place for a pushbutton Bobby. The buttons you see in this picture are a small part of the switches, toggles, blinking...
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Space shuttle Discovery hitches its last ride on a jumbo jet
For decades, the space shuttles have hitched a ride atop a specially equipped Boeing 747 when they needed to be moved between facilities. The image of the space shuttle sitting atop the 747 is one that...
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Space shuttle Discovery comes to rest at the Smithsonian
The space shuttle Discovery has finally come to rest in what may be the last location it ever travels to – the Smithsonian‘s National Air and Space Museum annex in northern Virginia. This shuttle has...
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Space Shuttle Discovery up close and personal
This week marked the arrival of the space shuttle discovery at its final destination. Discovery is now parked in its hangar at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, never to fly again. I’ve...
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Enterprise space shuttle will be late to New York City
New York City is the kind of place where everyone likes to be fashionably late. And for the arrival of the city’s first space shuttle museum exhibition, it looks like Enterprise will be no exception....
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SpaceX plans 7-astronaut flight on Dragon next
SpaceX recently became the first privately owned company to launch a spaceship that successfully docked with the International Space Station. The company has its sights set on launching seven...
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China’s first female astronaut heads to space
This week marks the first in which China will have sent a woman to space – in this case to the temporary space station Tiangong 1. This space module is approximately the size of a city bus and is...
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Ford uses rocket engine alloy for superior turbos
Cutting-edge technology has a way of aging and trickling down into consumer products. This is particularly true in technology and materials intended for space travel. Ford has announced that it is...
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South LA residents mourn timber cut to clear space shuttle fly-by
We all know that the space shuttle fleet has been retired and the remaining space shuttles are making their way to various museums around the country where they will be displayed for posterity. Space...
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Stock Toyota Tundra to tow space shuttle Endeavor on the last leg of its...
Toyota Motor Sales USA has announced that its Tundra full-size pickup is scheduled to be the to the vehicle that drags the space shuttle Endeavour on the final leg of its journey to the California...
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NASA’s Endeavour begins final journey
Space Shuttle Endeavour has undertaken its final journey today, blasting off not into space but to its new retirement home at the Dryden Flight Research Center in California. The NASA craft hitched a...
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Space shuttle Endeavour to fly over California this morning
If you want to take full advantage of the last chance you’ll ever get to see the space shuttle Endeavour in-flight you’ll need to wake up and get going a bit early this morning. Californians in the Los...
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Space shuttle Endeavour exhibit to open today
If you live in Los Angeles and didn’t get a chance to see the space shuttle Endeavour as it was towed down the streets of Los Angeles to the California Science Center, you have another chance starting...
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NASA to hawk space shuttle facilities
Interested in buying a 15,000-foot runway? Or maybe a launch pad? It turns out that NASA is quietly planning to lease or sell off a few of its assets at the Kennedy Space Center. A list of items for...
View ArticleiPhone takes HD moon photos with custom telescope setup
With a custom-made setup connecting an app, the iPhone, and a telescope together to take photos of space, one photographer has shown some surprisingly high-quality pics this week of our own moon. Jared...
View ArticleSpace Shuttle Atlantis exhibit opening tomorrow at Kennedy Space Center
Joining Space Shuttles Endeavour, Discovery, and Enterprise, the Atlantis will open up to the public tomorrow at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Atlantis...
View ArticleNeil Armstrong’s passing marked by NASA in 1 year anniversary [UPDATE]
One year ago (and two days), the family of Neil Armstrong announced that this navy fighter pilot, test pilot, and astronaut passed away at the age of 82. Making known that Armstrong was a “reluctant...
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X-37B classified spacecraft spends record 469 days in space
In its third run, the X-37B, which is a highly secretive and classified spacecraft, has set a new record for the number of days in space. This unmanned craft has crossed 469 days of orbiting on a...
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SpaceX shows T9R launch ahead of Dragon mission to ISS
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just posted video of a successful F9R launch, their re-usable rocket concept. The shuttle (pronounced “f-niner”, incidentally) is shown taking off, rising to 250 meters, then...
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Expedition Crew 39 returns to earth after six months on ISS
The Expedition 39 crew is back from their recent mission, having spent 188 days in orbit. They’ve completed 3,00 orbits of Earth since November, when they departed Earth for the International Space...
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Elon Musk, SpaceX want to move you to Mars for $500,000
Speaking at the 33rd annual International Space Development Conference last Friday, SpaceX’s Elon Musk spoke about the company’s plan to make commercial exploration of space possible. He touched on...
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Planned space missions face delays without Russian rocket engine
Russia, who we rely on to get up to the ISS, is currently entertaining a ban on allowing the US use of their rocket engines. NASA, having hamstrung their rocket program not long ago, has no recourse...
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SpaceX Dragon MK 2 being unveiled May 29
The SpaceX Dragon MK 2 is coming, and will be unveiled in full next week. Via Twitter, SpaceX guru Elon Musk confirmed May 29 would be the day we get our first look at their new craft. Though he was...
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3D video lets you see where Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Roughly the time we print this article, the “Eagle” touched down near the Sea of Tranquility, a massive basin that make up the “Man in the Moon”. In...
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to visit ‘fixer upper planet’ Mars
Now that NASA has shuttered their own shuttle program, and Russia is being Russia again, how are we going to get to space? One popular option is SpaceX, which is currently testing re-usable rockets....
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SpaceX launch facility goes green, will have solar panel field
With SpaceX getting its own launch center for Elon Musk to continue his march to Mars, it seems his mind is still on the planet we occupy. Roughly 6.5 acres of the site will house solar panels,...
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Break Up Camera will record satellite re-entry from space
Disposable cameras might be a relic of our past, but they’re still useful! Okay, we’re not talking about those plastic ones you used to buy at Walgreens, but this one is still a throwaway camera....
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New footage shows Antares rocket explosion from the ground
Late last month, the unmanned Antares rocket launched. Shortly after lift-off, a problem occurred, and there was an explosion that sent the rocket back to earth. When Antares hit the ground, a second...
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3D printer on ISS makes first item: a part for itself
Made In Space’s 3D printer, which is currently housed on the International Space Station, has printed its first item. While Earthbound printers might be used for toys or other trinkets, the 3D printer...
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Watch the ESA’s car-sized shuttle take off
This week the European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) took off on a Vega rocket. This takeoff sequence was done at the European Spaceport in French Guiana on Wednesday (February...
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Unseen vintage NASA photos shown in Bloomsbury Auction house
This week the folks at Dreweatts for Bloomsbury Auctions have revealed a collection previously uncirculated NASA photos from space. These photos will go up for auction after being exhibited for a...
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SpaceX’s to fly Dragon V2, testing escape protocol with a dummy
SpaceX will be testing its Dragon V2 spacecraft on May 6th, specifically assessing the capsule's escape system that could save lives during its eventual manned missions. There is no change of humans...
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Russian cargo ship to fall to Earth Friday morning
Russian spacecraft, Progress 59, encountered a glitch last week before it could complete its mission to resupply the ISS. The error left the cargo ship unable to dock with the ISS. The spaceship is...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 now also certified for DoD missions
Just a week after its NASA Category 2 greenlight, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has just received a new certification. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center or SMC has just announced that the...
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NASA puts never-before-seen Challenger, Columbia shuttle wreckage on display
As this weekend's failed launch of the latest SpaceX mission demonstrates, space travel and exploration remains a difficult endeavor. It is perhaps fitting then that weekend also saw the opening of a...
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Fast Radio Burst from space found rich with data
While astronomers have known about Fast Radio Bursts for a while now, never before have they been able to be utilized as they are here in the year 2015. A study has been published which not only shows...
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Astronaut John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies
Today on the news that American hero John Glenn had died we gathered together a series of inspiring words from and about him. Perhaps the most famous of these is “Godspeed, John Glenn,” spoken by...
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