Space News
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory: Fall Earth Eclipse Season Starts
SpaceRef - 30 Aug 2014 21:30
Twice a year, around March and around September, I get to see Earth moving in between my telescopes and the Sun. Everyday for the next three weeks Earth will eclipse the Sun....
This Week at NASA: Space Launch System Milestone
SpaceRef - 30 Aug 2014 19:30
On August 27, NASA announced a milestone in development of the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket....
Best Space Photos of the Week - Aug. 30, 2014
SPACE.com - 30 Aug 2014 19:02
From donning a new space suit to a beautiful star explosion, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for Aug. 30, 2014.
Stardust Mission Captures Origins of Our Solar System --"Clues to the Origin of Life Itself"
The Daily Galaxy - 30 Aug 2014 18:16
"Fundamentally, the solar system and everything in it was ultimately derived from a cloud of interstellar gas and dust," says Andrew Westphal, physicist at the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laborato...
Two Days Previously
Bad Astronomy - 30 Aug 2014 17:57
Heh. What was the view like two days before the video I posted this morning? This: So. COOL. That's the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus resupply ship (the Janice Voss) at the end of the space station's Canadarm 2, ...
Voyage to Pluto: NASA's New Horizons Mission Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration
SpaceRef - 30 Aug 2014 17:55
NASA's Mission to Pluto was a two part televised science event at NASA headquarters on August 25 - the same date that the agency's New Horizons spacecraft passed the orbit of Neptune on its way to Pluto and exactly 25...
NASA ISS Space to Ground Weekly Report - 29 August 2014
SpaceRef - 30 Aug 2014 16:55
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....
Labor Day Weekend Stargazing: See Moon, Mars and Saturn Meet Up
SPACE.com - 30 Aug 2014 15:36
Look up this Labor Day weekend to see a lovely celestial tableau in the southwestern part of the evening sky.
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 August 2014
SpaceRef - 30 Aug 2014 15:18
Today: Robonaut Leg Installation: Commander (CDR) Swanson attached Robonaut's mobility legs to the torso....
Has Science Fully Explained Sunshine?
SPACE.com - 30 Aug 2014 13:03
What makes our sun shine has been a mystery for most of human history.
Heat Protecting Back Shell Tiles Installed on NASA's Orion EFT-1 Spacecraft Set for Dec. 2014 Launch
Universe Today - 30 Aug 2014 06:00
Fabrication of the pathfinding version of NASA's Orion crew capsule slated for its inaugural unmanned test flight in December is entering its final stages at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch site in Florida. Enginee...
Final Frontier Design: The Space Suit Experience in Photos
SPACE.com - 30 Aug 2014 03:46
Final Frontier Design aims to produce spacesuits in Brooklyn, NY. The company's Space Suit Experience offers space fans the chance to try on a spacesuit for $400.
LIGO Generations (Trailer)
SPACE.com - 30 Aug 2014 02:11
Four generations of researchers are on the hunt for gravitational waves.