The noted cinema director developed a love of the lonely desert planet – once he got over being terrified of “The Martian” script.Credit: Twentieth Century Fox + Dave Brody Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers on the new space epic “The Martian.” [So consider yourself warned. If anyone is going to spoil “The Martian” for […]
Inventor Dan Slater uses remote acoustic sensor (RAS) technology during a test-firing of the five-segment rocket motor headed for use on NASA’s Space Launch System booster.Credit: Sandy Slater PASADENA, California — Spacecraft may one day be able to detect alien life by listening to the sounds microbes make. Scientists are testing a new microphone technology […]
Artist’s concept of the VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) spacecraft, a proposed mission for NASA’s Discovery Program that would launch by the end of 2021.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is zeroing in on Venus and asteroids as potential targets for its next low-cost robotic exploration mission or missions, which will launch by the […]
Support systems provided by JAXA ■ Hoshinoko Nursery School Hoshinoko Nursery School is an employer-provided nursery school opened in the Tsukuba Space Center in April 2012 as part of the support provided to JAXA employees that would ensure the healthy balance between meeting the demands of work and childcare. Hoshinoko Nursery School has a maximum […]
Opportunities for networking and interactions between female researchers and female engineers are highly useful for both groups to share tips related to their personal and professional lives. Through these events, they could also enrich their understanding of the trends in research development and in society, and thereby address issues not only in their common sector, […]
By Karl Tate, Infographics Artist | September 30, 2015 05:46pm ET The fictional Ares 3 mission in Andy Weir’s novel “The Martian” is based on an actual NASA plan for exploration of the Red Planet. When he is stranded after his astronaut team leaves without him, Mark Watney must struggle to survive. Matt Damon stars […]
A color-coded topographic map shows Occator crater on Ceres. Image released Sept. 30, 2015.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA New maps of Ceres show the dwarf planet’s mysterious bright spots and huge, pyramid-shaped mountain in a new light. The new maps of Ceres come courtesy of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the heavily cratered dwarf planet since March. […]
Real NASA astronauts just dropped a little spaceflight knowledge on the stars of the upcoming sci-fi film “The Martian,” from 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and other actors from “The Martian” — as well as director Ridley Scott — got a chance to ask a few questions of Scott Kelly […]
Apollo 15 commander David Scott salutes the U.S. flag he helped plant on the moon in July 1971. On Scott’s left arm can be seen the only privately-owned watch to be worn on the lunar surface, which is now heading to auction.Credit: NASA/collectSPACE.com Forty-four years ago, David Scott’s watch broke while he was out for […]
This evening an Ariane 5 delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits after lifting off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. To source
Are you ready for Mars? NASA is working to get the agency ready for a human mission to the Red Planet in a few decades, and is showcasing its personnel and projects online. Among NASA’s many spotlights is a fascinating new video that zooms in on a NASA power system engineer’s quest to create enough […]
In “Apollo: The Panoramas,” Mike Constantine presents his work digitally assembling stunning panoramas from individual photos taken by the Apollo astronauts on the moon.Credit: Moonpans via collectSPACE.com A new photo book about the Apollo moon landings provides a “wide look” at the lunar surface vistas that astronauts saw and captured on film more than 40 […]
The giant asteroid Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the sky, will be very visible for the next two weeks. This image of Vesta was captured by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in 2012.Credit: NASA The next two weeks provide an excellent opportunity to spot the brightest asteroid visible from EarthVesta — one of the best-known objects in […]