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…
Tag Archives: NASA
Researchers identify water-rich meteorite linked to Mars crust
A newly discovered meteorite from Mars points to even more water in the red planet’s past…
NASA offers high school girls a chance to jump-start their future
NASA’s new program gives female high school students a shot at advanced training including a summer program at Johnson Space Center…
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…
Keeping the Wheels Turning: registration open for 20th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
The twentieth annual iteration of NASA competition to design and develop a craft capable of working on the surface of the Moon is once again open for registration…
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…
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…
Moonwalker Neil Armstrong Dies
Neil A. Armstrong (1930-2012) was the first person to step foot on the Moon…
NASA Mars rover begins driving at Bradbury Landing
NASA’s newest rover on Mars, Curiosity, has started actually roving. And the landing site has been renamed for SF icon Ray Bradbury…
Astronaut Sally Ride Dies
Astronaut Sally Ride (1951-2012) was the first American woman in space (she flew in 1983 and 1984), and an inspiration to millions…
Most Popular and Updated Articles: 17-24 June 2012
The most popular SFScope articles during the last week, as well as those which were updated…
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 calls for student-designed deep space habitat proposals
NASA’s X-Hab Challenge offers college/university students the opportunity to participate in the development of a deep space habitat…
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