Video of Expedition 35 Soyuz docking to ISS
This Video shows the view from the Soyuz capsule as it approaches and docks with the International Space Station (ISS). It is interesting to watch as the cross hairs move…
Mars Curiosity Rover Resumes Science Operations
The Mars Curiosity rover has started science operations again after experiencing a ground controller initiated safe mode and transition to a backup computer and then an automatic safe mode initiated…
Cosmic Crash 2022: Asteroids vs. Space Probes
(Source: TheOuterSpace.org) – Cosmic Crash 2022 is the term being used to describe scientist’s plan to intentionally smash a spacecraft into a massive asteroid in 2022 in hopes that they can take…
Mars Rover out of Safe Mode – First Pictures
Mars Curiosity Rover is out of safe mode and while not in full science mode it is sending engineering images back to Earth. In February a memory issue prompted controllers to switch…
Meteor seen burning up from much of Eastern U.S.
On Friday March 22nd 2013 at about 8:00pm a meteor was observed that was seen from Maine to North Carolina. The American Meteor Society has received over 715 reports of…
Best map ever of oldest light in the universe from Planck
The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins….
First Image from new LDCM (Landsat) satellite released.
Continuing the longest Earth observation mission in history NASA and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first images from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission…
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 universe being wiped out by an asteroid. The odds were…
