NASA
October 20, 2020
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 2:40 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 31, for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the International […]
October 20, 2020
When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touches asteroid Bennu, it will capture NASA’s first sample from an asteroid and provide rare specimens for research that scientists hope will […]
September 23, 2020
Virginia-based Orbital Sciences holds a $1.9 billion NASA contract to make eight unmanned supply runs to the International Space Station with its Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo […]
August 11, 2020
The Perseid meteor shower happens every August. The Earth plows into debris left behind from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last passed close to Earth in 1992. The […]
August 8, 2020
Finding fun and engaging ways to learn about the stars, planets, and space can inspire a life-long interest in kids. Space has endless possibilities for kids […]
August 15, 2019
Normally, astronaut candidates are picked while they are in their 30s and 40s. Since this is typically a period when most people are deep in their […]
August 6, 2019
As the old adage goes, “success begets success”. In the case of NASA, it’s safe to say that they’ve been able to build on their successes […]
July 30, 2019
There’s not much known about space. Sure, we have an inkling about what happens out there, what with our knowledge of how the planets move, wormholes, […]
May 23, 2019
Let’s imagine the following common Hollywood scenario. Some brilliant scientific, most likely unnoticed, discovers the presence of a humongous meteor. The space body is in direct […]