Much of the U.S. was blanketed by this large storm in December 2012.   This NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite animation shows movement of the storm from Dec.19 through the morning of…

In November 2012 SpaceX’s Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) flies nearly two stories (17.7 feet/5.4 meters). Duration was 8 seconds using closed loop thrust vector and throttle…

Titan’s Lake District, One Season Later These images obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft show Titan’s stable northern lake district. Cassini’s radar instrument obtained the recent images on May 22, 2012….

Well folks this is it, 12/21/12 is finally here and we all know what that means. The predicted end of the world. We thought as a last gesture of kindness…

Curiosity Rover’s Traverse, August through November 2012 Since landing at a site  named “Bradbury Landing,” The rover has traveled 1,703 feet (519 meters) to an overlook position beside “Point Lake”. The rover…

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the…

The December 2012 Geminid shower  produced 50 or more meteors per hour. One of two major showers per year it’s either the August Perseids or the December Geminids that give…

                Asteroid Toutatis image captured December 12, 2012 NASA captured this image when the Asteroid was 4.4 million miles from Earth. This 64-frame…