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NASA Wants The ISS To Be The Universe’s Coldest Place
News February 6, 2014
NASA has plans to create the coldest known spot in the universe. Space is already known to be very cold but the space agency wants to go even further in order to do an in-depth study of quantum mechanics. The International Space Station (ISS) has been chosen as the... Read more
Rosetta Powered Up For Comet Rendezvous
Internet January 21, 2014
Space is a vast place. It is the biggest thing that humans can imagine and for years we have wanted to travel to the stars and explore our universe; this involves a great deal of hard work.  NASA have been trying for years, but thats not say that the... Read more
3D Food Printers Create Chocolate & Sweets At CES 2014
Internet January 14, 2014
It seems that CES 2014 had its very own Willy Wonka factory going on in one corner. Two 3D printers were unveiled at the event in Las Vegas, showcasing their talent for creating sweets and chocolate. Chefjet, the smaller of the two printers, is limited to producing monochrome goodies... Read more
NASA Creates Superhero Robot Named Valkyrie
Internet December 21, 2013
For the DARPA robotics challenge, NASA has decided to go all out this year. They have effectively designed and created the first robotic superhero, and even if it doesn’t win them first place in the challenge, it will hopefully save some lives one day down the road, as long... Read more
Hubble Telescope Has Seen Water Plumes On Jupiter’s Moon
Internet December 17, 2013
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed water plumes coming from Jupiter’s moon, Europa, for the very first time. Lorenz Roth, whose team made the discovery said: “this is tremendously exciting.” Roth explains that they had some evidence that “pointed to the existence of an ocean located under Europa’s icy... Read more
Space Cowboys: NASA Want To Lasso Asteroids
Internet December 16, 2013
NASA has big plans to lasso an asteroid and then land an astronaut on to it. As a result it is working on a spacesuit that would be suitable for such a mission. Near to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineeers are testing a modified version of... Read more
It’s Only A Bit Of Radiation Say NASA
Internet December 11, 2013
According to new results from NASA’s Curiosity rover, the risk of radiation will not prevent the long-term mission to Mars from going ahead. The planned mission involves a 180-day cruise to Mars, followed by a 500-day stay and then a 180-day return journey to Earth. This will apparently expose... Read more
Russia’s Robonaut To Help Out On The ISS
News December 4, 2013
The Russian Space Agency has developed its very own NASA-like robot named SAR-401, which is designed to help on the International Space Station (ISS). More specifically on the outside of the ISS. Designed and built by the Scientific Production Association-Androidnye Technology and the Central Research Institute of Machine Building,... Read more
NASA Developing Anti-Bug Airplane Wings
News November 28, 2013
NASA is looking at new ways of combatting the problem of bugs in its systems. I’m not talking about computer bugs but actual insects, which can cause an increase in fuel consumption and pollutants when they spatter onto planes and other vehicles. Researchers at NASA, known as the ‘Bug... Read more
SpaceX had planned to launch its upgraded Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Monday, taking a huge commercial satellite into space. However due to a technical problem just four minutes before ignition, the launch was cancelled and re-scheduled for three days later. This mission should have marked a number... Read more
NASA Launched Robot Mars Mission
Internet November 25, 2013
NASA’s latest effort, the Maven spacecraft, was scheduled to blast off aboard an unmanned Atlas V Rocket Monday afternoon. At 1.28pm EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, it did just so and flawlessly.  The Mavens spacecraft will carry eight scientific instruments to accomplish its mission. The spacecraft will... Read more
15 Years in Orbit For The International Space Station
Internet November 22, 2013
It has been 15 years since a Russian rocket lifted the first piece of the International Space Station (ISS) into orbit. NASA celebrates this momentous landmark, in the history of what is now the largest manmade structure ever built in space. The first module of the ISS, named Zarya,... Read more
Galactic Merger Leaves Pale Rose in The Sky
Internet October 22, 2013
Recently, as the Hubble Space Telescope performed a sweep of space, it picked up on an image that astronomers said looked like a “pale rose in the sky”. On closer inspection, it looked as though the pale rose could be the bloom of a galactic merger. The galaxy which... Read more
First Time Rocket Engine Technique Is Used Outside NASA
Internet October 22, 2013
Students at the University of California San Diego (USCD) have tested a liquid fueled, 3D printed rocket engine using a technique that has never been used to build a rocket before anywhere in the World aside from NASA. The students have built and successfully test fired a rocket that... Read more
SpaceX Launches New Falcon 9 Rocket
Internet October 1, 2013
The SpaceX Company has given themselves no easy task in their mission to provide us mere earth dwellers with the ability to, as they say, enable people to live on other planets. The company was founded back in 2002 with a view to revolutionise space technology. Those very clever... Read more
NASA Technology Could Help Save Lives
News September 29, 2013
The first minutes and hours following a natural disaster are crucial if lives are to be saved. NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are working together to produce a device that can detect heartbeats and breathing patterns of victims trapped beneath debris. For first response services precious... Read more
NASA Declares Deep Impact Mission Lost
Internet September 25, 2013
On Friday 20, 2013 NASA officially declared the comet hunting Deep Impact mission lost. Although the loss was unexpected, the mission team were more than happy with the $267 million unmanned spacecraft’s performance. In the little under 9 years from launch, the spacecraft had managed to travel 4.7 billion... Read more
Space Mission To Jupiter’s Moon, Europa
Internet September 25, 2013
Just lately there has been alot of talk about missions to Mars and further exploring what can be found on the planet. But a group who call themselves Objective Europa want to go where no one else has thought of going, Jupiter’s moon. The group are looking into the... Read more