The IRIS Telescope was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on June 27, 2013 on a mission to study the…
Category: Science
Jason-1 Satellite lost after Transmitter Failure
Long-Running NASA/CNES Ocean Satellite Takes Final Bow (Source NASA) – Were facing a critical time in our ability to monitor…
New Indications Voyager 1 is about to Exit Solar System
When Voyager 1 and it’s twin were launched in 1977 no one really expected the Voyager spacecraft would last for over 30…
New Solar Mission (IRIS) Rescheduled to Launch June 27
A Pegasus Rocket is set to drop from the Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…
Rare alignment allows Hubble to become a planet hunter
(Source Space Telescope Science Institute) – With the probable demise of the Kepler mission due a failure of the components used…
Congress Mulls Asteroid Protection for the Most Important Planet – Earth
On March 19th 2013 the U.S. Congress heard testimony from NASA about the potential of the most important planet in the…
New Radiation Belt Found Around Earth
(Source NASA) – Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence…
Unusual Mars rock has shiny metallic looking object
This picture shows a shiny polished metallic tip on what looks like an eroded rock. According to NASA this can happen when…
