Google Lets You Watch Live Data From NASA's Long Lost Satellite
The engines may be dead but the data is still coming in.
The engines may be dead but the data is still coming in.
This experimental run is one of three designed to see if the "Saucer" can be used for future Mars missions.
NASA might seem like they're developing concepts from science fiction, but in fact they could be key to future space missions.
This kid is so lucky. I wish my dad made me thinks like this.
Some galaxies are so positively massive that their gravity actually distorts the light from objects behind it, turning the entire galaxy into our very own intergalactic magnifying glass. And now, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just found the most distant one ever.
MOXIE is a machine that sucks in carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere and pumps out pure oxygen for use in rocket fuel — or someday, for humans to breathe.
These are the tiny little shutters that allow light through, or not through.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the USA's successful Ranger 7 probe mission.
Nope, this isn't how NASA gets ready to roast a chicken. In fact, this image shows its engineers testing the sunshield for the NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The size of a tennis court, it folds up like an umbrella, thus has to be tested extensively to make sure the five layers of thin membrane can unfurl reliably in space. [NASA]
This thing has the equivalent of 1,000,000 Sun Protection Factor, which it needs in order to keep the electronics under 50 Kelvin.
A self sustaining moon base that would shame the Soviets.
America's next big space launch rocket is a total beast.
Voyager 1 has "left the solar system" more times than some people can count. Here's a brief history of it.
NASA's moon-bound geology lab was designed for two week research mission as part of a plan to eventually set up a permanent moon base. But it sadly never happened.
Here's a collection of those rare, funny, intimate, and always fascinating views to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the landing on the Moon.
Buzz Aldrin may've been the second man on the moon, but he was the first to take a space selfie.
