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NASA’s 1st Orion Complete and Ready to Roll to Launch Pad
Technicians at the Kennedy Space Center have put the finishing touches on NASA’s first Orion crew module, marking the conclusion…
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Review: In “Interstellar,” Christopher Nolan Shows He Has The Right Stuff
Science fiction aficionados, take heed. The highly-anticipated movie Interstellar is sharp and gripping. Nolan and cast show in the end…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 7, 2014: Ship Updates & Solar System Formation
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer) (more…)
Orbital Sciences Announces Way Forward Plan to Fulfill NASA Space Station Commitments
In the wake of last weeks disastrous failure of the Orbital Sciences commercial Antares rocket seconds after blastoff from NASA’s…
It’s Complicated: Hubble Survey Finds Unexpected Diversity in Dusty Discs Around Nearby Stars
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of the debris disks…
When Did the First Stars Form?
Shortly after the Big Bang, the Universe had cooled to the point that the first stars could form out of…
Soviet Era Engines Likely Caused Antares Catastrophic Rocket Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing last week’s catastrophic failure of an Antares commercial rocket moments after liftoff,…
Where Have All the Pulsars Gone? The Mystery at the Center of Our Galaxy
The galactic center is a happening place, with lots of gas, dust, stars, and surprising binary stars orbiting a supermassive black…
How an Ancient Angled Impact Created Vesta’s Groovy Belt
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived at Vesta in July 2011, two features immediately jumped out at planetary scientists who had been so…
Antares Explosion Investigation Focuses on First Stage Propulsion Failure
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Investigators probing the Antares launch disaster are focusing on clues pointing to a failure…