Tag: NASA
We Have A Rover On Mars! And Here’s Two Nerdy Facts...
It never ceases to amaze us that what is essentially a species of really successful primates is able to launch a rocket into space,...
This Is How Last Weekend’s Eclipse Looked From Space
By David Ponce
The top photo was taken with NASA’s Terra satellite with its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. No points for guessing in which...
Shuttle Pr0n: Fascinating Video On Board The Shuttle’s Booster Rockets
By David Ponce
We're all sad that the shuttle program is over. Space exploration is just no longer the cool thing it was; government...
50 Years Of Space Exploration In One Handy Graphic
By Andrew Liszewski
Created by Sean McNaughton and Samuel Velasco for National Geographic, this beautifully illustrated map includes the almost 200 missions to space from...
NASA Apollo 11 Service Manual From Haynes
By Andrew Liszewski
If your timing is right, it's not hard to pick up a used lunar module from the Apollo era on eBay or...
Gravity Tractor Could Deflect Asteroids Sent From The Bug Homeworld
By Jonathan Kimak
A new study by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, reports that asteroids headed for earth could be deflected by the...