OK, we are a little bit behind on this one, but it is still worth mentioning. You might have heard of the Kepler Mission, a little space mission with a very, very sensitive photometer. Its sole job is to watch an area of stars for long period of time and notice tiny drops in their […]
Back in May, several improvements were added to the darn-near-close-to-being-abandoned-as-junk Hubble telescope. Yesterday, those improvements, mostly vastly upgraded cameras and other equipment, were demonstrated for the first time! NASA’s announcement was made here.
That’s just the announcement of the release photos, what you want to see are some pictures!
More pics can be found here
There is also […]
Orion is NASA’s new crew exploration vehicle. It will be launched by NASA’s upcoming Ares I rocket and is desgined to hold 4-6 astronauts. This is all part of the plan to return to the Moon (and maybe Mars!).
Recently, Orion passed some important milestones and some great pics and write-ups were put into a pdf […]
July 20th of this year will mark the 40th anniversary of one of humanity’s most impressive steps: Getting a man to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the fifth actual manned Apollo mission: Apollo 1-6 were either unmanned or just rocket tests, and Apollo 7-10 were crew tests that set the stage for the […]
After some delays, and a launch conflict with STS 127, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite combo spacecraft will be launching today at 5:12 PM, EST.
The LRO/LCROSS is a combo spacecraft: the LRO is set to orbit the Moon at a height of 50km (31 miles). While it orbits it will Map […]
Last night, in the Philadelphia area, the ISS station passed overhead. Clouds obscured the view, unfortunately. ISS overpasses are not rare, but they do not happen everyday….actually they do happen almost every day but not every pass is equal. Some passes happen during the daytime, some barely clip the horizon, and some are brighter than […]
Tomorrow, March 20th, 2009 is Sun-Earth Day. Started in 200, it was a date set to popularize knowledge about the Sun. This year, as part of the International year of Astronomy NASA will have a podcast at 1PM on March 2oth discussing daytime astronomy, recent satellite work with the sun, and much more. You can […]
You probably heard about last month’s space mishap where an astronaut ‘lost’ a toolbag while working on the International Space Station. Strictly speaking, its not ‘lost’, we know exactly where it is. Its just that nobody can get to it.
What is really interesting is that here on Earth people can actually view the toolbag with […]
Hold the phone folks! They’ve managed to image exosolar planets for the first time!
Get thee to this link for details!
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Because NASA now has a Website with their decades of space images online!. This is a well designed website with lots of online cropping and viewing tools. All the images are printer quality. A great resources and one that is long overdue!
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