NASA has unleashed a campaign that allows you to etch your name onto a Jupiter-bound microchip, joining a magnificent poem written by none other than the U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. This is your chance to become part of a message in a bottle that will traverse billions of miles, aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s captivating moon, Europa.
Gone but not forgotten, the Herschel Space Observatory is still informing science. It’s been nearly 10 years since we first covered the Herschel Telescope. Since that time, the space telescope has come and gone, expiring in 2013, more than a year past its original planned cessation date. #EngineersRock During it’s 4 years of deep space…
It’s been over 17 years since we sent the Curiosity Rover into space to journey to Mars and it’s been sending back some beautiful imagery in the 6 years since it’s landing. Here now is a beautiful 360° video sent recently from the Rover and an exciting update from NASA about the project. This ain’t…
Calling all thrill-seekers and thrill-watchers! Experience the high-intensity return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) along with 3 brave astronauts and the math behind it. This video shows the preparation, launch, journey and descent of the Soyuz capsule from ISS to Earth with compelling on-board and external footage. Personally, I want the space…
If you live on the northern or central East Coast of the US, prepare for a sky spectacle in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday June 11th, most likely. Originally scheduled for early morning on June 4th, but postponed due to clouds, the NASA Sounding Rocket is now scheduled to launch on at…
LIVE views of Earth from space are now available to anyone with an internet connection. NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) bring us live views of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) daily, courtesy of the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) Project. When we watched the stream during the morning Eastern time, we…
The Andromeda Initiative is teaming up IRL with the European Space Agency to take 6 recruits through real space training! Check out the video below. With just over a month to go before release, you can be sure there will be lots more news, trailers and previews coming. Rest assured, we’ll be scouring the inter-webs…
Robonaut 2 – Next Generation Robot by NASA and GM. Robonaut 2 news and press release.
NASA Puffin is a Real Jetpack. The engineers at NASA have combined every one of our geeky transportation dreams into a single little vehicle called the Puffin.
