Newt Gingrich, Advocate of Space, Moon base, but NASA?
Lofty goals such as manned moon base by 2020, but are they real? Editorial – With the election campaign in full swing Newt Gingrich has recently been stumping Florida and…
Lego Man in Space
Two 17 year olds put this Lego man holding the Canadian Flag into the stratosphere. Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad put together this project and it is amazing…
JAXA HAYABUSA asteroid sample return analysis beginning
Source (JAXA) – HAYABUSA is a space science mission launched in 2003 by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA. The challenge assigned to the mission was to explore an asteroid and…
Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets MOFFET FIELD, Calif. (NASA)– These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number…
Most impressive Earth Blue Marble image ever from newest satellite
Incredible pictures of Earth from new satellite The newest Earth Observation Satellite, NASA’s Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) mission took this stunning image on January 4th, 2012. Suomi NPP…
Why did Phobos Grunt really fail?
Recent headlines were filled with a plethora of information about the reentry of the doomed Russian Spacecraft Phobos Grunt. There have been many rumors and speculation as to why it…
Earth Warming 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
Global Warming is taking place, data undeniable (Source NASA) – The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues…
Phobos-Grunt re-entry status
Latest status for Phobos-Grunt Re-entry 1/16/11 – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, leader of defense and industrial sector, put the investigation into the Phobos-Grunt crash case under his personal…
