NASA, SpaceX Launch First Flight Test of Space System Designed for Crew
A commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket, launched from American soil for the first time in history.
Odd sand dunes found on Mars
Just like Earth, Mars has sand dunes.On February 14, 2019, NASA’s Mars orbiter, Odyssey has revealed a large dune field that is shaped roughly like a hexagon on the crater floor in the Terra Cimmeria section of the southern highland region of the planet.
Opportunity Mission Ends
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, the mission of NASA’s Opportunity comes to an end after 15 years of exploring the surface of Mars.
Deflecting an Asteroid
Scientists are planning a mission, what they are calling the first planetary defense test. They plan to deflect an asteroid and alter its path.
Is Oumuamua Something Else?
First it was an asteroid, then it was a comet, now it’s something else. Remember that interstellar object, Oumuamua, the oblong shaped mas that tumbled through our solar system at incredible speed? Now some scientists at the Harvard Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics are saying that it is possibly something else entirely. Oumuamua might be artificial […]
Strange Iceberg in Antarctica
On October 16, 2018, a NASA scientist captured aerial images of a sharp cornered iceberg in Antarctica, that almost resembled the monolith from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. He posted the pictures on social media. The images were captured during Operation IceBridge, NASA’s longest-running aerial survey of polar ice, when they flew over […]
A Probe’s Journey to the Sun
After a successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy Rocket, its passenger, NASA’s Parker Probe, is now on its way to rendezvous with the sun. Onlookers cheerfully watched as lift off occurred at 3:31am EDT from Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft, which […]
Billionaires in Space: A Critique of Problem Areas
Is it problematic for billionaires to invest in space travel and space technology? Is it a means for escape from a troubled planet?
2017 Was Record Setting for Warmth According to NASA and NOAA
Recently, both NASA and NOAA have come out with separate reports regarding 2017’s record-setting warmth. Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2017 ranked as the second warmest since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius) warmer than the […]
Object Visits From Beyond Solar System
NASA reported on October 26, 2017 that astronomers have been watching a small body that could be an asteroid, or perhaps a comet, apparently from beyond our solar system, from somewhere in interstellar space. If that is indeed the case, it would be the first interstellar asteroid or comet to be observed and confirmed. The object […]