One of the world’s most well-known and undoubtedly most traveled logos is 65 years old. Since its announcement on July 15, 1959, the emblem representing NASA, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has graced T-shirts and spacesuits, been reproduced 10 stories high, and reached the surfaces of both the Moon and Mars. The red,… Read More »
A threatening asteroid could bring Earth’s oft-quarreling nations together, at least for a while. Dealing with a large, dangerous asteroid in the crosshairs of our planet will require a healthy dose of international cooperation, experts say, and it’s best to start thinking about that scenario now while we have enough time to determine a potential… Read More »
Humanity has lost an interstellar pioneer. Ed Stone, who served as project scientist on NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager mission from 1972 to 2022, died on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 88. “Ed Stone was a pioneer who dared to do great things in space. He was a valued friend to all who knew him,… Read More »
It has been 34 years since the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into the harsh and unforgiving environment of Earth orbit. It currently sits about 320 miles (515 kilometers) above our planet and is subject to solar radiation, freezing temperatures and micrometeoroid effects while delivering breathtaking and textbook-changing images. Universe to us. Thirty-four years under… Read More »
A problem with one of the Hubble Space Telescope’s three remaining gyroscopes, which are critical for aiming and locking on targets, prompted mission managers to switch to a backup control mode that will limit some observations but keep the iconic observatory operating well into the 2030s, officials said. Tuesday . “We still believe there is… Read More »
Tomorrow (June 4) we’ll get an update on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and it could be a pretty big deal. On June 3, the agency announced that the Hubble Space Telescope team would hold a press conference about the observatory’s status at 4 pm EDT (2000 GMT) tomorrow. Specifically, officials said the purpose of this… Read More »
If you’ve heard a sonic boom recently, you probably remember it. The loud, explosion-like explosion caused by an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound can be startling and even shatter glass. Sonic booms are part of the reason supersonic passenger planes fail to fly today, and are one of the factors limiting the… Read More »
United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic are about to make history. On January 8, a ULA rocket will send Astrobiotic’s Peregrine lander toward the moon. If it lands successfully, Peregrine will be the first private lander to reach the lunar surface. The mission will also be the first launch of ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur… Read More »