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NASA Testing Shapeshifting Wings
News November 11, 2014
In order to make their aircraft more aerodynamic, NASA is currently flight-testing the FlexFoil, a new, advanced system, which replaces an airplane’s standard mechanical flaps with a shape-shifting wing. For over the last 100 years, in fact, since way back in 1911, almost every airplane that has ever been constructed... Read more
NASA Rocket Explodes on Launchpad
Software Reviews November 3, 2014
An unmanned Orbital Sciences’ rocket suffered a catastrophic failure six seconds after taking off, leading to the destruction of the rocket. The NASA lead Antares rocket launched on Tuesday in Virginia, at the Wallops Flight Facility. The spacecraft was full of scientific equipment and supplies for the International Space... Read more
NASA Rover To Undergo A Remote Memory Format
News September 4, 2014
The NASA Mars rover, Opportunity, will be facing an overhaul. Its memory will be reformatted in hopes that recurring errors will be corrected. These errors have interrupted work efforts of the long-running rover for a day or two at a time over the last month. The 10 year old... Read more
NASA Is Making A Drone Air Traffic Control System
News September 4, 2014
There have emerged some reports that NASA is developing an air-traffic control system, which has been designed specifically for drones, such as the ones that are currently being tested by Amazon and Google. The programme is in response to a growing interest in drones for a variety of different... Read more
NASA Builds World’s First 3D Printed Space Camera
News August 12, 2014
3D printing is already being used extensively by NASA. Things like rocket engine parts and a space pizza maker have been created using 3D printing. Now, by the end of September, the first space camera made almost entirely from 3D printing will be debuted. An aerospace engineer at Goddard... Read more
Now You Can Explore The Moon And Mars With Google Maps
Internet August 8, 2014
If you have read some of my stuff before, then no doubt you know I’m a bit of a nerd. I like new tech and new apps and my computer to run at least 2 different OS side by side just beacuse I can. Oh, and I love the... Read more
NASA Physicist Unveils Warp Speed Spacecraft Design
News July 25, 2014
I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to Sci-Fi. I love movies such as The Empire Strikes Back and Stargate, and as a kid I really enjoyed escaping reality by watching TV series like Star Trek. To me, the idea of traveling to distant stars or... Read more
NASA Testing Saucer Shaped Spacecraft
News June 30, 2014
NASA’s has a project that looks like it had its beginnings in the 1950’s. The NASA team plans to fly a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped landing technology test vehicle into near-space from a U.S. Navy Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii. The project is called Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD). The original test... Read more
Space X Dragon V2 Unveiled
News June 3, 2014
Elon Musk unveiled on Thursday night, that SpaceX has created the world’s first commercial and reusable manned spacecraft: Dragon V2. The spacecraft looks very similar to the LEM unit that NASA used to use in the Apollo missions. What makes this module special is that it can land vertically... Read more
And NASA’s New Spacesuit Design Is…
News May 6, 2014
You may remember NASA asking the public to help the agency decide on what the next spacesuit prototype should look like. It would seem that as well as allowing the astronauts to carry out missions to Mars, NASA wants them to look stylish doing it too. The winner is... Read more
NASA’s Kepler Program Discovers Earth-Like Planet
News April 22, 2014
For a long time now, the guys over at NASA have been searching for a planet that closely resembles Earth. But there never seems to be a perfect match (surprisingly). Recently however NASA has found what they consider to be a close match to our Earth. According to a... Read more
Space X Has 20 Year Lease At Kennedy Space Centre
News April 19, 2014
Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was the topic of a custody battle between SpaceX (who designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft) and Blue Origin (a privately funded aerospace company initiated by Jeff Bezos, creator of amazon.com). Blue Origin wanted NASA to allow different... Read more
Space X To Launch Robot Capsule To ISS
News April 11, 2014
Space X‘s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s unmanned Dragon vehicle, loaded down with supplies, is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral, in Florida on Monday April 14. This will be the third official robotic mission of this kind. This mission is part of a $1.6 billion contract with... Read more
Saturn Moon Has Underground Ocean
News April 8, 2014
Researchers say they have identified an underground body of water that is as large as North America’s Lake Superior, on a small moon of Saturn, called Enceladus. The water is hidden beneath nearly 25 miles of ice! The ocean was found at the south pole of the tiny moon. ... Read more
All houses are unique in their own way. With nearly an unlimited amount of decorations and styles, you’re not really likely to ever enter into the “same” house twice. And with all those options out there, home-owners really have a license to do whatever they want to make their... Read more
You Can Choose NASA’s Next Spacesuit
News March 30, 2014
NASA has been working on its spacesuit prototype called the Z-1. The agency unveiled its designs back in 2012 and revealed a suit that didn’t look too dissimilar to the suit worn by Buzz Lightyear. Now, NASA has upgraded its original design to the Z-2 and is calling upon... Read more
One of the new projects by Google is the prototype smartphone that is crammed with sensors, which enable it to sense and then learn the world around it. Project Tango will undoubtedly be used in many different ways, but the guys over at NASA are going to get their... Read more
Luca Parmitano became the first Italian ever to participate in a spacewalk, however it has been revealed that his near-death experience that occurred on July 16th 2013 could have been prevented. Forty five minutes in to the mission, which was to carry out works on the International Space Station,... Read more