NASA Orion Scrubbed for launch 12/4/14 7:05am EST
UPDATE – The launch of Orion’s flight test has been scrubbed for today because of an issue related to fill and drain valves on the Delta IV Heavy rocket that…
NASA’s Newest Manned Spacecraft Orion Set for December 4th Launch
Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle there has been no U.S. based manned launch capability The Orion capsule along with the SLS rocket is the answer to this problem….
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 star-making parties are ending early. The firestorm of star birth…
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 down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday, Nov. 12, just after…
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 on Wednesday 11/12/1411:00 am. This will be the first time…
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 sun since 1990, including the five X-class flares that erupted…
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 debris disks around other stars. These dusty disks, likely created…
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 mission’s first confirmation of a mineral mapped from orbit. “This…
