We are all familiar with Apollo 11 and the world’s first manned lunar mission back in 1969. It was a historic moment for the world and a victory for the United States, as the space race with Russia created a fervor of science-based competition that we haven’t seen since. A lot of us have seen […] More
In a report published earlier today, NASA said that the moon is shrinking, which is resulting in Moonquakes. NASA said that as the moon cooled over the last several hundred million years, it has shrunk about 50 meters in size. Much like the surface of a grape wrinkles as it becomes a raisin, the moon […] More
Today, NASA announced that its Mars Curiosity Rover captured not one, but two solar eclipses from the surface of Mars last month – one each for both of its moons. In order to capture the eclipses, the Curiosity Rover had to bring along special “eclipse glasses”, as NASA explains on the JPL website: When NASA’s […] More
Last week, India intentionally destroyed one of its own satellites in orbit around Earth with a missile, resulting in a large field of space junk currently orbiting Earth. NASA has called the act a “terrible, terrible thing” that has created an “unacceptable” threat to the crew currently aboard the International Space Station. In a town hall held yesterday, NASA […] More
As you may have heard, NASA were set to have the first all-female spacewalk this coming Friday, March 29th. However, yesterday NASA made the announcement that they re-assigned the astronauts for the walk, leading to an onslaught of speculation and accusations. Contrary to what many headlines or comments would have you believe, this is *not* […] More
