NASA is building a balloon as big as a football stadium
NASA is sending a new space observatory skyward, but it’s going to use a balloon instead of a rocket. The observatory ASTHROS will be carried …
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It’s finally time to name the Mars 2020 rover, and NASA wants suggestions
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will officially kick off in July of next year, and there’s still plenty to do before that can happen. The spacecraft …
NASA’s solar-powered helicopter is getting ready for its journey to Mars
With less than a year to go before NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is scheduled to launch, it’s an “all hands on deck” affair at the …
NASA just flipped the switch on its new atomic clock
When you imagine all the incredible hurdles mankind will have to eventually overcome if we plan on sending humans to other planets or, even better, …
Watch NASA scientists pretend the Australian Outback is Mars
Next year is going to be a pretty big deal for scientists studying Mars, with both NASA’s Mars 2020 mission and the ExoMars rover mission …
NASA’s Spitzer just spotted a galaxy perfectly aligned with Earth
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is capable of capturing some truly stunning snapshots of distant features in space, and usually, when we see images of vast …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover is already getting a workout without leaving Earth
When NASA’s Mars 2020 mission finally gets underway about a year from now it’ll have been a long time coming. The mission has been in …
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover just got shiny new feet
A rover without its wheels can’t do much roving at all, so the recent addition of fancy new wheels to the Mars 2020 rover is …
NASA’s Spitzer telescope refuses to die
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is finally nearing the end of an absolutely incredible journey. The spacecraft has been peering deep into space for well over …
NASA set up a webcam so you can watch them build the Mars 2020 rover
NASA’s mission to Mars in 2020 is a very, very big deal. After the death of Opportunity a number of months back, NASA has just …
NASA teases completed Mars 2020 spacecraft
NASA’s Curiosity rover, InSight lander, and Reconnaissance Orbiter are all doing remarkable work on and around the Red Planet, but that’s not stopping scientists from …
NASA wants to help you develop cool new space tech
It’s been decades since NASA and its government contractors handled everything in-house, but the recent push by the agency to bring private companies into the …
NASA just published a detailed timeline for the Monday landing of Mars InSight
On Monday, November 26th, NASA’s newest piece of high-tech space hardware will finally find its way to the surface of Mars. It’s the InSight lander, …
NASA thought it got a signal from the silent Opportunity rover, but it broke our hearts again
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover has been sitting still on Mars since June. It was then that a massive dust storm began to swallow up the …
NASA tested its huge Mars 2020 parachute and broke a world record in the process
It should go without saying, but sending a rover to Mars is a challenging endeavor. Lots of things have to go perfectly right in order …
NASA’s Voyager 2 is about to break out of the Solar System
NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft have been cruising through space since 1977. For the past forty years or so they’ve been speeding along …
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory won an Emmy for Cassini’s grand finale
When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its fateful dive into Saturn’s atmosphere roughly a year ago it was a historic moment for astronomy and a bittersweet …
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory wants you to build your own ‘ROV-E’ rover
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory does a lot of work with rovers. The group works tirelessly to keep tabs on all kinds of NASA hardware, including …
There’s something wrong with NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA has had an incredible streak of good luck as of late with spacecraft that have far outlived their expectations. Cassini at Saturn, the Opportunity …
