NASA Insights Show Clouds in Mars: Does it Rain on the Red Planet Too?

SPACE 06.03.2019 00:07 AM

Experts from NASA explain why there are clouds but no rain on Mars. (Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech) Mars - InSight Lander - Clouds - Animated - 20190425 (color corrected) NASA -- The atmosphere in the Red Planet is filled with clouds.

NASA Announces Plans to Put a Woman on the Moon in 2024

05.15.2019 08:47 AM

There will be a seat on the 2024 lunar mission specially reserved for a woman. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Alan Shepherd, Edgar Mitchell, David Scott, James Irwin, John Young, Charles Duke Jr.

Mars Potential Future Home: NASA Announces 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Winners

05.14.2019 18:03 PM

New York-based design agency AI SpaceFactory took the top prize in a NASA competition to 3D print a habitat that could be used on the moon or Mars.

Ex-tropical Cyclone Ann Expected to Bring Damaging Winds And Rainfall to Parts of Northeast Queensland

05.14.2019 14:01 PM

Ex-tropical cyclone Ann expected to bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall to parts of northeast Queensland

NASA Says the Possibility of Earth Being Hit with a Meteor is Very High

05.06.2019 10:34 AM

A meteor could hit the Earth within our lifetime. Dangerous asteroids flying past Earth are not rare, and more meteor strikes happen than the public is aware of, the head of NASA has said.

10 Years Later, NASA Explains Why Two Rocket Launches Were Failures

05.02.2019 11:59 AM

NASA lets everyone in on what exactly happened to two Taurus XL launches. A little more than a decade ago, on February 24, 2009, a Taurus XL rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying a NASA satellite designed to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Lower Ice Melt in Antarctica, Shocking Revelation from NASA

04.29.2019 22:01 PM

NASA has always been a source of forecasts in relation to climate change, but this time, they announced that they might have overestimated what would happen to the ice in Antarctica.

NASA Confirms Rapid Universe Expansion is Faster Than Expected

04.29.2019 06:39 AM

The expansion of the universe has long been an accepted fact, but scientists are worried that it might be expanding faster than they expected.

OSCAR: The Space Janitor

04.25.2019 08:55 AM

Researchers are developing a cleanup CubeSat which would hunt down and de-orbit debris on the cheap using onboard nets and tethers.

SpaceX Crew Dragon’s Engine Test Ends in Smoke

04.21.2019 19:31 PM

The Cape Canaveral tests had problems. "On April 20, 2019, an anomaly occurred at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during the Dragon 2 static test fire," Wing Spokesman Jim Williams said in a statement.

NASA Sends Mice on a Mission in Space

04.15.2019 10:20 AM

Female mice were sent to a rodent habitat in the ISS for 37 days. As part of an experiment, NASA sent 20 female mice to the International Space Station with the goal of observing their reaction to microgravity-both short and long term-and then further learning about how both humans and animals will possibly adapt to a different environment in space.

Lockheed Martin Says They Can Help NASA Reach the Moon by 2024

04.12.2019 07:51 AM

The company unveils the design for a lunar lander. Only weeks after Vice President Mike Pence said that NASA must get back to the moon "or else", space contractor Lockheed Martin announced they will help.

JAXA Wants to Build a Lunar Base Using Robots

04.08.2019 20:00 PM

Japan's space agency wants to build a moon base with the help of robots. Japan has announced high aspirations in the form of an unmanned construction site on the Moon.

Dangerous Bacteria Found Aboard the International Space Station

04.08.2019 11:01 AM

Disease and corrosion inducing bacteria is found on the ISS. The International Space Station is filled with bacteria and fungi that can cause diseases and form biofilms that promote antibiotic resistance, and can even corrode the spacecraft, a new study has found.

NASA's Accelerated Schedule: Moon Landing in 2024 and Mars Landing in 2033

04.04.2019 22:58 PM

Space exploration deadlines were pushed to earlier dates, however, some factors prove to be problematic.

Revolutionary Airplane Wings Change Shape During Flight

04.04.2019 07:30 AM

NASA and MIT have created a shape-shifting airplane wing. Airplanes have had the same basic design for as long as humans have been flying-two wings, a tube-like body and a tail.

NASA on Trump’s Back-to-the-moon Deadline: More Funding Is Needed

04.03.2019 08:42 AM

NASA is asking for more funding for return mission to the moon. Vice President Mike Pence recently issued a statement demanding NASA to put Americans on the Moon within the next 5 years.

NASA Captures Nebraska Flooding

03.21.2019 08:27 AM

NASA Satellites have seen the devastating effects of the Nebraska Flood from miles above and it looks even worse.

Uncharacteristic Behavior of Bennu Changes Scientists’ Perception of Asteroids

03.20.2019 11:54 AM

Dust plumes have scientists excited. Bennu is the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission which is intended to return samples to Earth in 2023 for further study.

InSight Detects Microseisms While Waiting for Marsquakes

03.19.2019 09:22 AM

NASA's InSight has detected microseisms on Mars, confirming proper operation of the equipment. (Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/IPGP) When the ocean moves to make storms and tides, there is a microseismic activity happening on Earth that is detected by equipment designed for that purpose.

Soyuz Successfully Blasts Off For ISS

03.15.2019 08:10 AM

The Soyuz has successfully made it to the orbit and its astronauts are now on their way to the International Space Station, according to NASA television.