Space Junk
Explore NASA’s Curiosity Rover in New Google AR App
21 Mar 2018, 14:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New augmented reality app developed by NASA and Google brings several space-faring machines to Android users' fingertips.
SpaceX Video Shows Hints of Crew Dragon Capsule, New Spacesuit
20 Mar 2018, 15:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX will unveil later this year the human-rated version of the Dragon capsule, with which it plans to send astronauts to the ISS and around the moon.
NASA's Mars InSight Mission Tours California Before First West Coast Launch
15 Mar 2018, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tour California to present to the locals the goal and scope on the InSight mission, the first ever to be launched from the West Coast.
NASA’s New Mars Rover Begins Assembly at JPL
14 Mar 2018, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Mars 2020 reaches new milestone, as assembly operations for the spacecraft begun at JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility High Bay 1
Falcon Heavy Launch New Video Shows How History Was Made
13 Mar 2018, 07:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX releases new video of the Falcon Heavy launch, showing never-before-seen details of the historic moment on February 6.
NASA Recalls Robonaut for Repairs
12 Mar 2018, 09:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Robonaut sustained some type of system failure in 2014, after the astronauts mounted legs on the General Motors machine
NASA Repairs Curiosity Rover Drill from Millions of Miles Away
2 Mar 2018, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Curiosity rover can go back to drilling holes into the Martian soil, after the malfunctioning drill was by-passed from Earth
NASA Rover Sends First Selfie Postcard from Mars
1 Mar 2018, 09:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Opportunity sends its first selfie from the surface of Mars, taken as the rover celebrated its 5,000th sunrise on the Red Planet
NASA Planetary Protection Officer Wants to Ban Red Cars from Reaching Space
1 Mar 2018, 08:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's new planetary protection officer sees the need to have better protocols for sending stuff into space with no goal in mind.
What If the Earth Stopped Rotating?
26 Feb 2018, 14:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Earth spins around its axle at an estimated 1,000 miles per hour (1,610 km/h), coming full circle in the 24 hours we call a day.
Jabba the Hutt’s Khetanna Barge to Become Hasbro’s Largest Star Wars Toy
19 Feb 2018, 12:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hasbro crowdfunding its largest Star Wars-themed toy ever, the $499.99 Jabba the Hutt’s Khetanna Sail Barge, to start production in April.
Live Tracking Tesla Roadster in Space, Car Now 2.3 Million Miles Away from Earth
19 Feb 2018, 07:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A specially created website uses sourced from NASA’s HORIZONS Web-Interface to provide to-the-second tracking of the Tesla Roadster.
NASA Rover Celebrates 5,000 Martian Sunrises
19 Feb 2018, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA's Opportunity Rover witnesses the 5,000th sunrise on planet Mars, 14 years after the 90-day initial mission started.
Space Wars Coming to a Sky Above You
18 Feb 2018, 09:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Director of National Intelligence says Russia and China are working on technologies capable of destroying orbiting satellites.
Falcon Heavy Booster Crash Caused by Lack of Ignition Fluid
16 Feb 2018, 13:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Only two of the three boosters of the Falcon Heavy managed to land safely after launching a Tesla Roadster into space at the beginning of the month
NASA Rover to Carry Martian Meteor Back to Where It Came From
16 Feb 2018, 10:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Martian meteor found in 1999 now used to calibrate Rover instruments, will return to the Red Plant on NASA's 2020 mission.
Tesla Roadster Spacecraft Could Turn Meteor and Impact Earth
16 Feb 2018, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a few million years, the Tesla Roadster sent into space in the beginning of February may impact Earth as it orbit changes
SpaceX’s Third New Drone Ship to Be Called "A Shortfall of Gravitas"
13 Feb 2018, 13:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / SpaceX working on a third drone ship to accommodate booster sea-based landings from both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches,
Tesla Spacecraft Sparks Hot Wheels Roadster Gold Rush
13 Feb 2018, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hot Wheels Tesla Roadster sells on eBay for as much as $175, shipping not included. Officially, the toy was sold in 2016 in stores for $1,09.
Telescopes Track Tesla Roadster in Space
12 Feb 2018, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Virtual Telescope Project is tracking the Tesla Roadster launched aboard the Falcon Heavy through space, images show a bright car moving fast across the sta