Space News
Microgravity Research Helping to Understand the Fungi Within
PTTU - 9 Apr 2014 23:50
NASA's Ames Research Center News and Features: Researchers better understand a fungus that impacts human health thanks to microgravity study aboard a mission to the International Space Station.
Russian Cargo Ship Docks at Space Station with Fresh Supplies
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 23:45
An unmanned Russian cargo ship delivered about 3 tons of supplies to the International Space Station today after a quick, six-hour trip to the orbiting outpost.
Why Entrepreneurs and Citizen Scientists Hold the Key to Saving the World
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 23:32
Crowdsourced space apps may find the solutions to some of the planet's most challenging problems.
Geocentrism Myth Promoted in New Documentary Trailer
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 22:57
A new documentary trailer making its way around the Internet this week seems to make the case for a long-outdated theory about how the universe works.
An Ancient Impact That Dwarfs The Dinosaur-Killing Blast
SpaceRef - 9 Apr 2014 22:30
Picture this: A massive asteroid almost as wide as Rhode Island and about three to five times larger than the rock thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs slams into Earth....
Sci-Fi Stars Set Sights on Hawaii for 'HawaiiCon'
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 22:30Abell 33: Chance Meeting Creates Celestial Diamond Ring
SpaceRef - 9 Apr 2014 22:20
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured this eye-catching image of planetary nebula PN A66 33 -- usually known as Abell 33....
NASA Engineers Prepare Game Changing Cryotank for Testing
SpaceRef - 9 Apr 2014 22:08
NASA and Boeing engineers are inspecting and preparing one of the largest composite rocket propellant tanks ever manufactured for testing....
Exotic Space Particles Slam into Buried South Pole Detector
Scientific American - 9 Apr 2014 22:00
The IceCube experiment has taken hits from three neutrinos carrying energies above the outlandishly high peta–electron volt range that suggest they may radiate from titanic explosions in the... --
How To See Spacetime Stretch - LIGO | Video
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 21:23
When two stars collide or a massive star blows up the fabric of the universe warps and springs back, sending gravitational waves across the cosmos. The wave motion would be very tiny. But to watch it, scientists must bui...
Russia launches cargo ship to ISS
Phys.org - 9 Apr 2014 20:32
Russia successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station on Wednesday evening after a spaceship carrying three astronauts experienced a technical glitch last month.
NASA Looks to Go Beyond Batteries for Space Exploration
PTTU - 9 Apr 2014 20:14
NASA Breaking News: NASA is seeking proposals for the development of new, more capable, energy storage technologies to replace the battery technology that has long powered America's space program.
NASA Authorizing Bill Clears House Subcommittee Quickly
Space News - 9 Apr 2014 19:37
A NASA authorization bill that cleared its first legislative hurdle would require NASA to allow the contractors building the JWST, SLS and Orion to spend money currently set aside to cover the potential cost of canceling...
XCOR Aerospace Hires Private Spaceflight Pioneer Brian Binnie as Senior Test Pilot
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 19:26
A former Navy test pilot, Binnie had most recently worked for Scaled Composites, overseeing flight tests of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo. He will now help another suborbital space plane, XCOR's Lynx, get off the ground...
Congress Presses NASA Chief on Domestic and Foreign Space Threats
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 19:22
What in another year might have been a routine hearing about NASA's annual budget request turned into a heated, and sometimes partisan, exchange about the agency's internal security practices and the broad state of the U...
Mars's Gusev Crater Once Held a Lake After All
SpaceRef - 9 Apr 2014 19:02
If desert mirages occur on Mars, "Lake Gusev" belongs among them. This come-and-go body of ancient water has come and gone more than once, at least in the eyes of Mars scientists....
Blast-Off! Express Delivery To Space Station En-Route | Video
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 18:44
The ISS Progress 55 resupply craft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 9th, 2014. The 3 tons of food, fuel and gear on board will reach the Station in about 6 hours.
Space History Photo: M2-F1 in Tow Flight
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 18:36
The M2-F1 lifting body, shown under tow, was designed as a means of landing an aircraft horizontally after atmospheric reentry.
Four Blood Moons: Total Lunar Eclipse Series Not a Sign of Apocalypse
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 18:36
There has been a lot of interest recently in an upcoming series of lunar eclipses that begins April 15. These are usually described as "Four Blood Moons" and taken by some to prophesy upcoming disasters.
NASA Administrator and Media to View New Orion Mission Control Center at Johnson
NASA Breaking news - 9 Apr 2014 18:00
Media are invited to meet with NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden during a visit to the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston from 1-2 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 10.
NASA Looks to Go Beyond Batteries for Space Exploration
NASA Breaking news - 9 Apr 2014 18:00
NASA is seeking proposals for the development of new, more capable, energy storage technologies to replace the battery technology that has long powered America's space program.
Russian Cargo Ship Launches Express Delivery to Space Station
SPACE.com - 9 Apr 2014 17:52
An unmanned Russian cargo ship carrying a fresh load of supplies is on its way to six crewmembers living and working on the International Space Station.