Satellites
Explore Earth’s Satellites with Google Earth
[/caption] OK, I've just wasted an hour in simulated space, checking out some of the active and junked satellites orbiting…
Sleek, Sexy Spacecraft to Launch Next Week
[/caption] This has to be the sexiest looking spacecraft ever built by humankind. No, it's not a starship or battle…
GLAST Science Operations Underway: Now, About That Name!
[/caption] After a 60-day checkout period, science operations have begun in earnest for GLAST, the Gamma ray Large Area Space…
From Space to the Olympics
[/caption] Space and the Olympics might not be synonymous in most people's minds -- although this image of the Opening…
Nano-materials Could Protect Spacecraft and Satellites From Debris
Space junk in Earth orbit is becoming a big problem (here's an previous UT article that illustrates the problem.) If…
Wind Power From the Ocean (With Help from Space)
I drive regularly through Iowa and southern Minnesota in the US, and over the past few years wind farms have…
The Yin and Yang of the NeXT Spacecraft
Hard and soft. Dark and bright. High and low. Wide and thin. JAXA and NASA. And that's just one spacecraft.…
STEREO Maps Far Reaches of Solar System
NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft have been studying the sun since their launch in 2006. But the mission made a surprising…
Canada to build World’s First Asteroid-hunting Satellite
Just yesterday (June 30th) was the 100-year anniversary of the Tunguska event, when a small piece of ice or rock…
Solar Sail To Launch This Summer
NASA’s Marshall and Ames Research Centers will team up with the commercial space company SpaceX to launch and deploy a…