Tag Archives: NASA

09Oct/17

Dimming of star probably caused by dust, not alien structure: NASA

October 9, 2017SpaceCognition, energy-absorbing technology, Environment, Games, Jigsaw puzzle, Mechanical puzzles, Mind, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Problem solving, Puzzles, Technology/Internetsmbale

New research from NASA may have solved one of the most prevalent astronomy puzzles in recent years. Continue reading →

28Sep/17

Scientists complete 8-month isolation mission simulating life on Mars

September 28, 2017SpaceAstrobiology, Astronomy, Environment, Exploration of Mars, HI-SEAS mission, Human mission to Mars, Life on Mars, Mars, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Outer space, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

A team of scientists have finally returned to civilization after completing a NASA-funded isolation experiment to simulate life on Mars. Continue reading →

03Sep/17

Record-breaking U.S. astronaut and crew back on Earth

September 3, 2017SpaceAquanauts, Astronaut, Human spaceflight, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Peggy Whitson, Spaceflightsmbale

IN SPACE (SEPTEMBER 2, 2017) (NASA TV) – NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and two crewmates made a parachute touchdown in Kazakhstan on Sunday (September 3), capping a career-total 665 days in orbit, a U.S. record. Continue reading →

26Jul/17

NASA astronaut captures aurora space spectacle

July 26, 2017SpaceAstronaut, Aurora, Company: AUDIONETWORK MUSIC, Company: Borealis, Electromagnetism, Environment, Jack D. Fischer, Jack Fischer, NASA, NASA Astronaut Corps, Outer space, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

NASA astronaut Jack Fischer has shared stunning time-lapse images of the aurora borealis he captured from the International Space Station on June 26 and shared on Sunday. Continue reading →

07May/17

Unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane lands after secret, 2-year mission

May 7, 2017Spaceair force, Boeing X-37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Mojave Air and Space Port, NASA, National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County Florida, Politics, Robert D. Cabana, Rocket-powered aircraft, Rocketry, Spaceflight, Spaceplanessmbale

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (MAY 07, 2017) (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) – The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday (May 7) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said.
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16Jan/17

Gene Cernan, last person to walk on the moon, dies at age 82

January 16, 2017SpaceApollo 17, Astronaut, Cernan Earth and Space Center, Civil awards and decorations of the United States, Eugene, Eugene Cernan, NASA, Spaceflightsmbale

Former U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at age 82, the U.S. space agency says.

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23Aug/16

What are the origins of life? There’s a rocket for that

August 23, 2016Space101955 Bennu, Asteroid, Dante Lauretta, Environment, NASA, New Frontiers program, OSIRIS-REx, Planetary defense, Space rendezvous, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Technology/Internetsmbale

NASA scientists are putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft designed to rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu in 2018 to find clues about the origins of life.
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24Feb/16

NASA’s laser-powered spaceship could travel to Mars in 72 hours

February 24, 2016SpaceCompany: ThomsonReuters, Emerging technologies, Environment, Exploration of Mars, Government of the United States, Laser communication in space, Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, Mars, NASA, Philip Lubin, Technology/Internetsmbale

NASA scientist Philip Lubin is working on perfecting laser technology that could propel a light spacecraft to Mars in as little as three days.
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10Nov/15

New Pluto images may reveal cryovolcanoes

November 10, 2015SpaceCryovolcano, Exploration of Pluto, Geology of Pluto, Io, NASA, NASA's New Horizons, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New Horizons, Planetary geology, Pluto, Volcano, Volcanologysmbale

New images released taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft indicate two of Pluto’s most distinctive mountains could be cryovolcanoes.

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19Oct/15

NASA launches new website featuring Earth images

October 19, 2015SpaceDeep Space Climate Observatory, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Spaceflight, U.S. Air Forcesmbale

NASA launches new website featuring images of the full, sunlit side of the Earth as it rotates.

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