Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle there has been no U.S. based manned launch capability The Orion capsule along…
Month: November 2014
Young Galaxies found dying a premature death
(NASA) – Researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have uncovered young, massive, compact galaxies whose raucous…
Rosetta makes first ever landing on a Comet
Mission controllers at ESA’s mission operations center in Darmstadt, Germany, received a signal confirming that the Philae lander had touched…
ESA Rosetta Probe to Land on Comet 11/12/14
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft will deploy its harpoon laden comet lander, “Philae.” for a landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko…
Solar Video Shows Five X Class Flares in October 2014
This Video shows five X class solar from Oct. 19-27, 2014 — This is the largest active region seen on the…
Hubble Images Stars with Planet Construction Zones
(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty…
Mars Curiosity Finds Minerals First Seen From Space
(NASA) Reddish rock powder from the first hole drilled into a Martian mountain by NASA’s Curiosity rover has yielded the…
Hubble sees ghostly light from ancient Galaxies
(NASA) – NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the faint, ghostly glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that…
