Not communicating with a spacecraft for an extremely long time. Normally regular health checks are made just so you know…
Month: January 2014
Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
(NASA) Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and…
Mars “Jelly Doughnut” Rock Appears without Explanation
In this side by side image you can easily see the doughnut shaped rock that appeared on Mars.. The pictures…
ESA Comet Lander Mission Rosetta to “Wake up” Monday
For the first time mankind is about to orbit with a comet and land on it, complement of the European…
Polar Vortex Chilling Effect Explained.
(NASA) – The chilling weather phenomenon that hit much of the U.S. in January is explained by scientist Eric Fetzer…
Swift sees activity at the center of Milky Way Galaxy – Video
(NASA) Swift’s seven-year campaign to monitor the center of the Milky Way has doubled the number of images available to…
Hubble Views Stellar Genesis in the Southern Pinwheel
A photogenic and favorite target for amateur astronomers, the full beauty of nearby spiral galaxy M83 is unveiled in all…
Antares Launch to ISS from Wallops Successful
At 1:07pm ET 1/9/14 Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket launched from Pad 0A at the Wallops Flight Facility, Va. to send…
