Hubble and Star Trek to the Final Frontier
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the TV series “Star Trek” has captured the public’s imagination with the signature phrase, “To boldly go where no one has gone before.” NASA’s…
Watch Juno Enter Jupiter Orbit Live
This Fourth of July, NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. News briefings, photo opportunities and other media events will be held at NASA’s…
Magnetoshells , Growable Habitats, NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology
(Source NASA) – NASA has selected eight technology proposals for investment that have the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches to building…
Kepler mission most successful planet hunter with 1284 found
(Source NASA) – Congratulations to the Kepler team on their outstanding success! NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date. “This…
Watch the transit of Mercury across the face of the sun!!
You can watch the transit of Mercury across the face of the sun below. Compared to the size of the sun the planet is just a tiny speck…sort of what we…
VERY cool GoPro Rocket Launch Video
This is probably the best on board small rocket video I have ever seen. We have probably all seen the videos of small sounding type rockets with a GoPro strapped on to…
JWST Mirror fully assembled in the clean room
If you live in the DC-Baltimore area do yourself a favor and go see the fully assembled mirror there. I went to see it a few weeks ago and it…
Awesome interactive tool to see potentially habitable planets
A new tool from http://www.goldilocks.info/ allows users to view potentially habitable planets that have been found so far. This tool shows many different views of the planets, You can select the…
