Dec 18
Earlier this month we mentioned that the ISS had a failure in one of its cooling systems that might require a spacewalk to fix. NASA has now ordered that spacewalk … Continue reading
Dec 18
NASA has put a number of probes onto the surface of Mars and in orbit around the red planet over the years. Each time NASA launches a mission to Mars, … Continue reading
Dec 18
Saturn’s moons do more than just orbit the planet: they interact with its rings, too. In this image, you can see the moon Prometheus’ gravitational field gently sculpting the planet’s F ring.
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Dec 16
Sending anything out to space can be an expensive affair, which is why it makes perfect sense to keep things as light as possible, not to mention small in size. Majority of the solar panels that power spacecraft have been specially designed in order to fold open the moment they arrive in space, which is why it is of utmost importance that the solar panels which are used on spacecraft would be designed in the most optimal method. To get an idea on how to maximize the efficiency in packing, a bunch of spacecraft engineers at Brigham Young University (BYU) have decided to glean the experience and advice from origami expert and physicist Robert Lang.
The BYU tea has been working alongside NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in order to work on a solar array which will be able to fold open to nearly ten times its packed size, and in the process, are able to generate up to 250 kilowatts of power. Whenever it is folded, the solar panel array will wrap itself around the core of the spacecraft, and it remains to be seen just what kind of application this particular solar panel array will be used for. Art imitates life, or life imitating art?
Solar Panels Fall Back On Origami Solution original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Dec 16
The Crab Nebula never fails to disappoint
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Dec 15
China’s Chang’e-3 lander and Jade Rabbit rover launched Dec. 1 and landed on the moon yesterday without incident, and now we’re getting footage of the event. The photos and videos show the moon up close and personal. We’re also seeing shots of both robots on the moon, apparently in full working order. Chang’e-3 soft-landed on […]
Dec 15
Dec 14
China’s “Long March to the Moon” has placed a lander and a rover on the moon. The Chang’e-3 lander and her accompanying Yutu or “Jade Rabbit” rover arrived inside the right eye of the “Man in the Moon” this evening at 9:00PM Beijing time. This marks the first time in more than 40 years anyone […]
Dec 14
The first teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s movie Interstellar is out, and it is mean. It points out the fact that NASA shuttered its space shuttle program in 2011, asking whether we have forgotten that we’re still pioneers. Low blow, Interstellar. Nolan is perhaps most well known among our audience for his epic Batman movies […]
Dec 14
China’s state-run television network is reporting that the unmanned Yutu lunar rover
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