Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin Aldrin photographed this iconic photo, a view of his footprint in the lunar soil, as part of an experiment to study the nature of lunar dust and the effects of pressure on the surface during the historic first manned moon landing in July 1969. The historic launch of the Apollo 11 […]
The prime crew for Expedition 54-55 consists of Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (left), Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos (center) and Scott Tingle of NASA (right). They launched to the ISS on Dec. 17, 2017 in the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft and arrived two days later, just in time to […]
The interstellar object ‘Oumuamua is marked with a blue circle near the center of this picture, which was created using multiple images from the Gemini South Telescope and the Very Large Telesceope. Our solar system’s first-known visitor from another star, the recently discovered object called ‘Oumuamua, could be a bonanza for researchers. With only a […]
“What people sometimes don’t get about science is that we often have phenomena that remain unexplained,” said an astrophysicist at MIT https://t.co/Z8UdjWmVCg — The New York Times (@nytimes) December 18, 2017 The U.S. Department of Defense had a secret program to investigate reports of unidentified flying objects, and former Navy pilots in the program say […]
Kalpana Chawla flew on two shuttle missions. The tragic loss of the space shuttle Columbia killed seven astronauts. One of those, Kalpana Chawla, was the first Indian-born woman in space. Born in Karnal, India, on July 1, 1961, Chawla was the youngest of four children. The name Kalpana means “idea” or “imagination.” Her full name […]
Repeated reports of UFO sightings along Nevada’s State Highway 375 — which is close to the top-secret Area 51 government base — led Nevada officials to dub the route “Extraterrestrial Highway” in 1996. The U.S. government has been secretly investigating unidentified flying objects — UFOs — since 2007. And despite officials’ claims that the classified […]
The jammed front wheel of NASA’s Spirit rover dug this trench inside Mars’ Gusev Crater in 2008. Spirit’s observations allowed researchers to determine that the white material is evidence of an ancient hydrothermal system on the Red Planet. The search for signs of life on Mars needs a bit of a rethink, scientists argue in […]
A star map painting by Bill Yidumduma Harney, senior elder of the Wardaman people, featuring the Milky Way, the moon and ancestor spirits. The International Astronomical Union has unveiled new official names for 86 stars in the sky. Tahitian myth, South African nicknames, and ancient Chinese and Hindu titles for lunar mansions are among the […]
An artist’s concept of MU69, the next flyby target for NASA’s New Horizons mission. The icy object may have one or more moons. NEW ORLEANS — When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft arrives at its next destination in 2019, it may find more primordial objects than NASA had anticipated: Researchers have announced that the probe’s next […]
Festive light displays that shine brightly in neighborhoods can be seen all the way from space, and new satellite views are helping NASA scientists learn more about human culture and energy usage around the holidays. Images from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite reveal how […]
Uranus is a strange, giant planet tilted on its side. A new study finds that the same impact that knocked Uranus sideways may have also created the planet’s moons. This image shows Uranus in false color as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. NEW ORLEANS — The giant impact from an Earth-size rock that knocked […]
The graves of astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Roger Chaffee at Arlington National Cemetery, as seen in January 2017, will soon be joined by a memorial to the Apollo 1 crew. A memorial marker will be erected at Arlington National Cemetery honoring NASA’s Apollo 1 astronauts who were killed in a fire on the launch […]
Defying Gravity Credit: Sprayground This is Buzz Aldrin’s first and only fashion collaboration. Mobile Technology Credit: Sprayground The team also created a solar panel backpack which contains several solar panel strips. The bag offers two USB ports. Dreams to Reality Credit: Sprayground The inspiration for the line, understandably, came from space adventures and new frontiers. […]