Study Finds Long-Duration Stays in Space Impacts Sleep Patterns
A recent study has revealed that crews on long-duration space missions could suffer sleep…
shared via WordPress.com
45th Space Wing’s Commander: ‘Yes, We Are Still Launching Rockets!’
The commander of the 45th Space Wing, Brigadier General Anthony Cotton, addresses members of the…
shared via WordPress.com
NASA’s Hubble Reveals Rogue Planetary Orbit for Fomalhaut B
This false-color composite image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals the orbital motion…
shared via WordPress.com
Spitzer and Hershel Space Telescopes Detect Debris Belt(s) Around Vega
This is an artist’s rendering of the debris belt around the star Vega. Image credit:…
shared via WordPress.com
Mission 61C: The Original ‘Mission Impossible’ (Part 2)
“Mission Impossible” finally launches as Columbia roars into the darkened Florida skies on 12…
shared via WordPress.com
What Does it Take to Photograph Spacecraft in a Clean-Room?
[youtube_video]http://youtu.be/I31jiFQc1_E[/youtube_video]
Video courtesy of AmericaSpace
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – It isn’t every day that one gets to go into the clean rooms located at Astrotech’s facilities in Titusville, Florida. When a member of the…
shared via WordPress.com
NuSTAR Captures Black Holes Erupting in Spiral Galaxy
This image of spiral galaxy IC 342, or Caldwell 5, incorporates data from NASA’s Nuclear…
shared via WordPress.com
The Search for Alien Life Part 2: In the Realm of the Gas Giants
The trailing hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Europa as imaged by Galileo. Photo Credit: NASA
Beyond…
shared via WordPress.com
NASA, ESA Hold Jan. 16 NASA TV Briefing on New Orion Agreement
Image Credit: NASA
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold a news briefing at 10:30 a.m.…
shared via WordPress.com
Gabrielle Giffords and Former Astronaut Mark Kelly Make Plea for Stronger Gun Control Measures
Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly talk with Diane Sawyer on ABC World News on January 6, 2013. Photo…
shared via WordPress.com
Kepler Discovers 461 Possible New Exoplanets
The Kepler Space Telescope is proving that the Milky Way galaxy is filled with planets—some…
shared via WordPress.com
The Search for Alien Life Part 1: Where are the Martians?
Mars shows plenty of evidence for flowing water on its surface, as in the case of these channels in…
shared via WordPress.com
Curiosity Rover Brushes Off a Rock For the First Time
The brushed area on target rock “Ekwir_1″ as imaged by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on…
shared via WordPress.com
New ‘Clipper’ Mission Proposed to Study Europa’s Ocean
Jupiter’s moon Europa, an ice-covered waterworld. Could life exist there?
Photo Credit: NASA / JPL /…
shared via WordPress.com
