NASA announces challenges for the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge
The International Space Apps Challenge is a technology development event urging global citizens to solve challenges to improve life on Earth and in space…
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New Space Station Crew Members to Launch and Dock the Same Day
The next crew launch to the International Space Station will bypass the usual two days in a cramped Soyuz spacecraft, flying almost directly from Baikonur to the ISS…
Through The Wormhole Special Episode- The God Particle/Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman explores The God Particle in a special Higgs Boson episode of Through the Wormhole on Science Channel…
NASA-NOAA satellite reveals new views of Earth at night
Gorgeous video shows a partially inhabited planet shining like stars and galaxies…
Space Stars: Generations — Lockhart, Shatner, Wheaton videos celebrate NASA spinoff benefits to life on Earth
Former television space actors June Lockhart, William Shatner, and Wil Wheaton have recorded public service announcements highlighting terrestrial technology spinoffs from NASA’s programs…
Spot the Space Station Over Your Backyard with New NASA Service
NASA’s new service will e-mail you an alert when the International Space Station will be visible from your house (or whatever other location you ask for)…
NASA and International Partners Approve Year-Long Space Station Stay
After 12 years of space station operation, two astronauts are slated to spend an entire year aboard the orbital laboratory, furthering research into long-term effects of weightlessness…
World’s First Invisibility Cloak Patent to Fractal Inventor
Fractal Antenna Systems of Massachusetts has received a patent on the world’s first practical invisibility cloak, and promises real-world possibilities…
Space Shuttle Endeavour to Make Historic Final Ferry Flight
NASA announces the schedule for the last Space Shuttle flight atop the 747 carrier aircraft, as Endeavour will be transferred from Florida to California later this month…
First Practical Invisibility Cloak Demonstrated
Fractal Antenna Systems demonstrates an invisibility shield at microwave wavelengths…
NASA spacecraft reveals ice content in Moon crater
Data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter indicates ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material of Shackleton crater…
NASA issues call for visionary advanced technology concepts
NASA’s Space Technology Program is looking for far-out ideas, and is open to proposals from anyone and everyone…
NASA announces launch date and milestones for SpaceX flight
NASA sets launch date for commercial space flight to the International Space Station…
NASA’s Voyager hits new region at solar system edge
As the 34-year-old Voyager spacecraft continue to flee the solar system, they’re discovering the characteristics of space between the stars…
New Horizons Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Approach Pluto
At a range of nearly 1 billion miles (10.5 AUs), NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is now the closest ever to approach Pluto, and it continues to near the dwarf planet every moment…
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