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SpaceX Rocket Finally Takes off (with Scotty’s Ashes Onboard)
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After another delay, SpaceX finally got off the ground today with its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off early this morning and making it into orbit safely. The main mission for SpaceX is to demonstrate its Dragon space capsule and hopefully dock with the ISS. Something a bit more geeky and… |
May 22nd, 2012
SpaceX Prepared to Make History on May 19
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After multiple delays, SpaceX is set to hit a major milestone this Saturday, May 19. Saturday is the day set for the launch of the first privately funded cargo mission to the International Space Station. With the Space Shuttle fleet retired, these commercial space missions are one of the only… |
May 14th, 2012
DARPA SeeMe Lets Soldiers Launch Their Own Personal Satellites
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Launching a satellite can cost millions of dollars – not counting the millions of dollars your average satellite costs to build. The military and various governmental organizations have satellites in orbit that are able to peer from space to the surface of the Earth to help soldiers get a better… |
May 9th, 2012
Sky-Watching Geeks are in for a Treat This Weekend with a Supermoon
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We don’t talk about too much space stuff around here, but something is going to happen this week that is rare and is definitely worth a mention. The moon will be much closer to Earth than it normally is. The Earth will come within 221,802 miles of the lunar surface… |
May 3rd, 2012
Company Wants to Mine Asteroids: Hopefully the Reapers Won’t Detect Us
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A company called Planetary Resources has made itself known, stating that they want to mine asteroids for natural resources. This of course raises a few questions: how exactly will they accomplish this task? What are the risks involved in space mining? Will it have any harmful effects? And most importantly,… |
April 29th, 2012
Did NASA Photograph a UFO near the Sun?
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Earlier this year a photograph was circulated online that was taken by NASA that some thought showed a UFO. The photograph was later disproven and artifacts caused by reflected light from Venus. A similar photograph has surfaced that has UFO fans thinking NASA has again snapped a picture of a… |
April 28th, 2012
NASA To Use GPS System for Earthquake Monitoring
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NASA has announced a plan to find earthquakes and respond more quickly to them using GPS satellites in orbit. Generally, earthquake detection is done by seismological hardware on the ground, but according NASA – that data can be difficult to capture. NASA’s answer to that problem is to use the… |
April 26th, 2012
SAR-400 Robot is Russia’s Answer to NASA’s Robonaut 2
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NASA and General Motors teamed up a while back to create a humanoid robot called Robonaut 2 or R2. R2 is now on the International Space Station where it will be used to conduct repairs and maintenance outside the space station. Russia has how unveiled a new robot called SAR-400,… |
April 24th, 2012
Space Shuttle Discovery Lands in Washington After its Final Flight
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The retired space shuttle Discovery took its final flight atop the back of the modified Boeing 747 that has moved to the shuttle between locations over the decades. NASA loaded Discovery on the back of the 747 earlier this week in preparation for its flight to Washington where it will… |
April 18th, 2012
Photographic Moon Globe is out of This World
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For just under $100, you can get the “first entirely new globe of the Moon’s surface in over 40 years.”… Ironically, it looks a bit like the Death Star. It’s perfect for the desk of any space geek. |
April 13th, 2012
