NASA may have a very tight budget for space travel and exploration, but it is still thinking big. NASA has outlined its plan to put astronauts on the far side of the moon by 2028. NASA also has plans to put spacecraft into orbit at the earth-moon L2 Lagrange point. That Lagrange point is 60,000 […]
Russia’s SAR-400 robotic cosmonaut
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China has successfully launched the Chang’e-3 probe slated to put a lander and rover on the moon. The pair are equipped with seven scientific instruments for observing outer space and gathering data about the lunar surface. The launch took place today at 5:30PM UTC using a Long March 3B rocket at the LC2 Launch Complex […]
Sky watchers around the world were disappointed yesterday when early reports coming from the European Space Agency and others declared that the comet ISON hadn’t survived its close brush with the sun. That meant that the hopes of a comet so bright it was visible in the day were dashed for sky watchers the world […]
Yesterday, comet Ison flew close to the Sun
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It might look more like an engine from an aging car than a piece of engineering fit for space, but this machine was a pioneering piece of apparatus that allowed astronauts to experiment with fluids in space.
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The original launch
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Comet ISON is inching ever closer to the Sun, and it’ll get incredibly close later on today. In the meantime, though, you can watch its most recent progress in this video from NASA.
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We’ve talked plenty about the comet ISON around here as it makes its trip towards the sun. The comet has the potential to put on one of the best light shows in recent history, assuming it survives its brush with the sun. The sun has already been doing a number on ISON, shrinking it smaller […]
Moon Express is a company that is working with NASA on private space flights to the moon. Moon Express has a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed with NASA and part of that agreement means that NASA provides Moon Express with its robotic Mighty Eagle lander for testing purposes. Moon Express has announced the completion of […]
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