UK company Vorticity Ltd are flying weather balloon to test parachute designs for future Mars landings. With the…
Month: February 2013
Cool layer in a Sun-like star
One of the great curiosities in solar science is that our Sun’s outer atmosphere – the…
Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System
Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet…
NASA Rover Confirms First Drilled Mars Rock Sample
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first…
NASA Releases Glory Taurus XL Launch Failure Report Summary
NASA has released a summary report on findings from a panel that investigated the unsuccessful 2011…
NASA Mars Rover Confirms First Drilled Martian Rock Sample
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has relayed new images that confirm it has successfully obtained the first…
NASA Seeks Big Ideas for Small In-Space Propulsion Systems
NASA's Space Technology Program is calling for proposals to develop miniaturized electrospray propulsion technologies that could…
NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System
NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest…
NASA Hosts Teleconference Today About Curiosity Rover
NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST (noon PST) today, Feb. 20, to…
Inspecting Friendship 7
Astronaut John Glenn inspects artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft,…