China Launches Rover to the Moon
China today joined only the U.S. and Russia when it sent a probe to soft land on the Moon.The Lunar rover called “Yutu” (Jade Rabbit).aboard the Long March-3B carrier rocket, blasted…
Black hole 70 million times as massive as sun at center of M81 galaxy
When you think about how big our sun is, and then start to think about how massive some of the other objects are in the universe it is mind boggling….
India’s Mars Mission leaves Earth Orbit
India’s bold plan to send a spacecraft to Mars passed another significant milestone today when the spacecraft fired its main engine for more than 20 minutes. This burn gave it…
China Launching it’s First Moon Rover Sunday 12/1/13
China continues to make progress in it’s quest to have an eventual manned mission to the moon with the launch of the Long March 3B rocket rocket carrying the Yutu rover weighing…
New Life for Planet Hunter Kepler!
For those of us who were saddened when the second of four reaction wheels failed on Kepler and the mission was ended it was a great blow. Kepler has done…
SpaceX impressive ignition then shutdown abort – Video
On Thanksgiving SpaceX attempted the launch of an SES-8 telecommunications satellite aboard a Falcon 9. The launch was already postponed during the this launch window once earlier in the week when…
UPDATE – Comet ISON May have Survived! – Video
Reports of the demise of ISON may have bee pre-mature! When the comet did not reappear as expected NASA and the astronomical community thought it had evaporated after it;s close…
Comet ISON most likely destroyed by the Sun
UPDATE 11/29/13 ISON MAY HAVE SURVIVED. Read about it here. 11/28/13 Well bad news everyone. If you did not catch the comet before it approached the sun you’re not going…
