International Space Station Lives To See Its 15th Birthday
The International Space Station is nothing less than a man-made wonder of the world, multiple space agencies came together to work on this seemingly impossible task before the turn of the century and...
View ArticleAstronauts Face Ammonia Leak And Minor Glove Damage During Spacewalk
Kjell Lindgren, a NASA astronaut, was on a scheduled 6 1/2 hour spacewalk with International Space Station commander Scott Kelly when he encountered an ammonia leak and a while later his commander had...
View ArticleUS Senate Votes To Make Space Mining Legal
Here on earth, we are divided up into countries which is basically us humans laying claim to certain parts of the world. However in space, who do the planets belong to? What if there was no life on...
View ArticleNASA Testing Orion Spacesuit In Reduced Gravity Environment
NASA has announced that it has started testing spacesuits being developed for the Orion in a reduced gravity environment. The agency has modified its iconic “pumpkin suit” to make sure that it can...
View ArticleHow Thanksgiving Is Spent Aboard The International Space Station
Thanksgiving is that time of the year when people gather friends and family around a big table to enjoy a hearty meal and each other’s company. That’s really how most people spend Thanksgiving here on...
View ArticleSpaceX Reusable Rocket May Trying Ground Landing At Cape Canaveral
SpaceX is a private space company headed by Elon Musk, it has only been around for relatively short period of time and yet has made incredible achievements during this time. It has flown multiple...
View ArticleOrbital ATK Gears Up For First Mission After Rocket Explosion Last Year
If you routinely follow developments related to private space companies then you most certainly will be aware of the work that’s being done by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Blue Origin of Amazon founder Jeff...
View ArticleNew Horizons Sends Back High-Res Photos Of Pluto
Have you ever been curious as to what the surface of Pluto looks like? The good news is that if you are curious, like the rest of the world probably, you’re in luck because it seems that New Horizons...
View ArticleHubble Telescope Spots A Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Hubble and Spitzer have done a tremendous job so far of spotting distant objects in space that have captured our imagination for years, this time around the Hubble has outdone itself. Aided by...
View ArticleNASA Is Going To “Move Out” Of The International Space Station
A big question mark hangs over the fate of the International Space Station, a collective effort between space agencies of countries like United States, Russia, Canada, Japan and others. NASA has not...
View ArticleSpaceX Planning First Falcon 9 Launch After Explosion On December 19th
SpaceX’s last rocket launch went up in flames, quite literally, the Falcon 9 rocket that was carrying food and supplies to the International Space Station exploded shortly after launch. Since then all...
View ArticleNASA Accepting Applications For Astronaut Program
Ask a child what they want to be when they grown up and chances are they’ll tell you that they want to be a pilot or an astronaut. It’s one of those professions that people dream about, and you don’t...
View ArticleThree-Man Crew Lifts Off For The International Space Station
It has been a while since there was a crewed mission to the International Space Station, today a Russian Soyuz rocket has lifted off a three-man international crew to the International Space Station....
View ArticleA Massive Asteriod Will Fly Close To Earth This Christmas
Hollywood has made many movies which try to show what’s going to happen should a massive asteroid impact Earth, fortunately some of the scenarios Hollywood has shown us haven’t happened yet, but that...
View ArticleSpaceX Will Try Landing A Rocket On Solid Ground Today
SpaceX went through with its last rocket launch in June this year and that one didn’t go as planned, the Falcon 9 rocket exploded soon after its launch, and since then all launches have been put on...
View ArticleSpaceX’s First Launch After Previous Explosion Delayed
About six months back SpaceX went through with a routine Falcon 9 rocket launch, it was an uncrewed mission carrying thousands to tons of supplies for astronauts aboard the International Space Station,...
View ArticleScientists Want To Try And Grow Potatoes On Mars
If you’ve seen The Martian movie starring Matt Damon earlier this year, you’re probably aware that Damon’s character, in order to survive on Mars with a limited supply of food, grew his own potatoes....
View ArticleNASA Releases Trippy New Video Of Pluto
Seeing countless new high resolution photos of Pluto was definitely one of the highlights of this year, the flyby back in July beamed home some amazing photos of the distant planet in our system, but...
View ArticleNASA Gets $55 Million To Build A Habitat On Mars By 2018
NASA and several private space companies are working hard to take man to Mars, with the idea being to establish a habitat on the Red Planet and eventually colonize it in the future. Much of this has...
View ArticlePhilae Comet Lander May Not Send Back Data Anymore
Last year the European Space Agency sent a lander on Comet 67-P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko but the mission didn’t really go according to plan. The Philae comet lander suffered a rather bumpy landing and it...
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