Space Exploration Technologies

Astronauts To Chase Down Turkey Meal For Thanksgiving

Judging from the way those food packets are floating around, looks like the folks on the International Space Station will…

10 years ago

How Could We Recycle Satellites For Newer Missions?

Space junk is an ongoing concern for NASA, the European Space Agency and many others. After satellites live out their…

10 years ago

Elon Musk Briefs Universe Today & Media ahead of Revolutionary Falcon 9 Blastoff

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk briefs reporters including Universe Today on Sunday (Nov. 24) in Cocoa Beach, FL prior…

10 years ago

NASA Halts Work on its New Nuclear Generator for Deep Space Exploration

Another blow was dealt to deep space exploration this past weekend. The announcement comes from Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science…

11 years ago

Inspiration Mars Wants To Work With NASA To Get To The Red Planet

CORRECTION: This article has been updated after more information was received from Inspiration Mars. Tito was highlighting other countries' interest…

11 years ago

Teenaged Space Station Thriving After 15 Years Of Science, Extreme Construction And Tricky Repairs

Extreme conditions surround the International Space Station's scientific work, to say the least. It takes a rocketship to get there.…

11 years ago

This Hitchhiking Satellite — Launching Today — Is Small Enough To Fit In Your Hand

Talk about tiny technology. The NASA PhoneSat 2.4, which is set to launch today (Nov. 19), is so small that…

11 years ago

Wrist-Sized Bone Scanner Could Fly To The Space Station In 2016

OTTAWA, CANADA - The University of Saskatchewan hopes to fly a wrist-sized MRI to the International Space Station by 2016…

11 years ago

How Canadarm Sparked A Space Artist’s Love of The Universe

OTTAWA, CANADA - A small Canadian community seems an unlikely spot for an artist now working with Mars One (those…

11 years ago