This Tuesday Oct 28, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows the Orbital Antares rocket, after it suffered a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft was filled with supplies slated for NASA's Super Guppy aircraft is one of the most extravagant cargo planes in the world. The … Read more
Those lucky enough to be selected will help pave the way for future missions to Mars. By Daniel Terdiman. Wanted for the job of a lifetime: Intrepid explorers to ply the deep reaches of space. NASA today put out a call for new According to NASA, it doesn't take much to be eligible for space … Read more
This week, NASA posted new high-resolution photos to Flickr of last year's Orbital Sciences rocket failure, showing the nighttime launch pad explosion in even greater detail. The images chronicle the short ascent and fiery disintegration of Orbital's This Tuesday Oct 28, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows the Orbital Antares rocket, after it suffered a … Read more
Billed as offering an unprecedented view of the sun, the video was compiled from images taken every 12 seconds by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. It took about 300 hours for the video to be created, with media specialists spending ten hours to An Earth-like atmosphere on Mars was once violently stripped away by solar wind, … Read more
The planet once had an atmosphere as thick or thicker than ours, creating the conditions for a warm, habitable planet with plenty of liquid water. NASA scientists, drawing on new data, said solar bombardments could have eroded the protective layers of You don't have to know a whole lot about science to know that blackholes … Read more
NASA's understanding of Mars continues to deepen with new data released today that may explain why the Red Planet's atmosphere is so thin, cold and desolate. During the one year that NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft This Tuesday Oct 28, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows the Orbital Antares rocket, after it … Read more
A perigee full moon, or supermoon, is seen behind the Washington Monument during a total lunar eclipse on Sunday in Washington DC. The combination of a supermoon and total lunar eclipse last occurred in 1982 and will not happen again until 2033. Discovering life on another planet, only to contaminate that world with our own … Read more
The discovery is "giving us a much better view that Mars has resources that are useful to future travelers," said Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters, during a media briefing on Monday. "The exciting NASA scientists say strong evidence Mars has streams of salt water in summertime. Posted 8:36 AM, September 28, … Read more
building for nasa's major announcement about Mars. David Kerley, outside the space agency's head quarters in Washington. Do tell. Good morning, David. Reporter: They got us excited. They've solved the mystery. What have they solve snd it has something Back in May, during Maker Faire Bay Area, NASA announced a new $2.25 million competition to … Read more
For the third time in less than a year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has delayed contract awards for cargo delivery to the international space station slated to occur around the end of the decade. On its website, NASA said it has Over at Display, Graphic designer Richard Danne tells the story of the … Read more