After 35 Years, Voyager Nears Edge Of Solar System
The Voyager 1 spacecraft's 35th anniversary is proving to be unexpectedly exciting, as scientists gathered this week to examine new hints that the spacecraft is on the verge of leaving our solar...
View ArticleLoveland, NASA Officials Approach Liftoff with Business Initiative
How do you turn space technology into earth-bound products for businesses and consumers? That's the question Loveland business leaders and NASA officials batted around today during the Innovation and...
View ArticleFrom Mars: Curiosity's Tracks, Up Close And From Above
NASA continues to share some fascinating photos of the Mars rover Curiosity. Among the latest: -- An image taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that shows Curiosity's tracks from high above....
View ArticleToothbrush Fixes Space Station Problem
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne with a story of a stellar MacGyvering. The International Space Station was faced with a malfunctioning electrical unit and couldn't...
View ArticleEarthly Clay Deposits Said To Debunk Ancient Oceans Of Mars
One way to study distant Mars is to look for analogues here on Earth. After all, the two worlds are similar in many ways — they both are what planetary astronomers called "rocky" (as opposed to gaseous...
View Article'All That's Great About America': Nation Bids Neil Armstrong Farewell
Hundreds packed the Washington National Cathedral today to pay their respects to Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Perhaps the most amazing tribute came from Eugene Cernan, the man who...
View ArticlePHOTO: How Do You Ship Space Telescope Mirrors?
Answer: in giant steel cases that look surprisingly like individual contact lens cases. This picture was recently posted by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
View ArticleAstronauts Return From Space Station, As An American Takes Command
U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams is now in command of the International Space Station, after receiving control of the facility this weekend. Three departing astronauts whose capsule left the station...
View ArticleShuttle Endeavour Begins Long Voyage To New Home
Space shuttle Endeavour begins a kind of farewell tour this week. The shuttle will set off on a cross-country trip to its retirement home, flying from Florida to Los Angeles on the back of a modified...
View ArticleSpace Shuttle Endeavour Lands In California
The Space Shuttle Endeavour landed in the Mojave Desert today. In truth, tomorrow will be the spectacular day, when it flies across the California coast, and across the landmarks of San Francisco and...
View ArticleHere's Where And When To See Space Shuttle Endeavour Today In California
The last leg of space shuttle Endeavour's flight to its retirement home in Los Angeles began at 8 a.m. Pacific time today, NASA says. And the space agency has put together a timetable for Endeavour's...
View ArticleTouchdown: Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands In Los Angeles
The Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed safely in Los Angeles, after giving admirers around the city a chance to take historic photos of its last flight. "Amazing, amazing, amazing," Derek Johns, 41,...
View ArticleWould You Skydive From 22 Miles Up?
On Oct. 8, Felix Baumgartner is going to strap himself into a specially pressurized capsule, ascend 120,000 feet into the air above New Mexico using a helium balloon, open the door - and jump out....
View ArticleStreams Of Water Once Flowed On Mars; NASA Says Photos Prove It
NASA's Curiosity rover has found definitive proof that water once ran across the surface of Mars, the agency announced today. NASA scientists say new photos from the rover show rocks that were smoothed...
View ArticleShuttle Endeavour Begins 12-Mile Crawl To New Los Angeles Home
The Shuttle Endeavour began an incredible 12-mile journey through the streets of Southern California. The trip ends at its new home at the California Science Center. Perhaps the AP put it best: In...
View ArticleSpace Shuttle Endeavour Rolls To Its Resting Place
NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is on its last journey. It's being towed through the streets of Los Angeles on its way to a science museum. Endeavour is expected to take two days to make the trip,...
View ArticleThrongs Follow Space Shuttle Endeavour On Its Final Journey
The space shuttle Endeavour picked its way through the streets of Los Angeles today, creeping slowly toward its final resting place at the California Science Center. As NPR's Alison Keyes told our...
View ArticleBe Nice To The Moon. Stop Writing On It
Dot Dash Dot Dash This is the moon as Morse code.
View ArticleLife On Mars? Curiosity Rover Sniffs For Methane, Comes Up Empty
Today scientists working on the Mars Curiosity Rover mission made an important announcement: The rover used its lasers to "sniff" for methane. As NASA explains, methane is a "precursor chemical" for...
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