Is that too much to ask?
NASA’s soon-to-be-retired space shuttles are up for grabs.
The space agency said Wednesday it’s looking for ideas on where and how best to display its space shuttles once they stop flying in a few years. It’s put out a call to schools, science museums and ‘other appropriate organizations’ that might be [...]
There’s a black hole in the middle of the milky way.
There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a study has confirmed.
German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using the European Southern Observatory in Chile.
The black hole is four million times heavier than [...]
Congratulations to China for doing what Russia and the USA did 43 years ago. I mean, great for them, but come on.
Russian Alexei Leonov makes the first spacewalk (March 18, 1965)
Ed White makes the first American spacewalk (June 3, 1965)
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It’s time for us to break the bonds of earth again.
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday.
By melting icy soil in one of its lab [...]
He takes Reuters to task for sending out a story about possible life on Mars, saying that the story about selling GM and the Supreme Court 2nd Amendment case is more important.
I’m inclined to disagree with him because cosmically the Mars story is FAR more important. But I’m clearly biased.
Did any of you catch this miniseries? So awesome, especially if you love space exploration as I do. And Gary Sinise had just the right voice for the narration. As soon as I get a Blu-Ray player I’m ordering this thing.
What especially struck me was just how cool the original astronauts were. Those guys are [...]
One of these days the Martians are going to show us they don’t like how we keep sending all these robots to probe their planet. Today may be that day.
