Category Archives: Space

Lego Man in Space

Two 17 year olds put this Lego man holding the Canadian Flag into the stratosphere. Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad put together this project and it is amazing…

JAXA HAYABUSA asteroid sample return analysis beginning

Source (JAXA) – HAYABUSA is a space science mission launched in 2003 by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA. The challenge assigned to the mission was to explore an asteroid and…

Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets MOFFET FIELD, Calif. (NASA)–  These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number…

Phobos-Grunt re-entry status

Latest status for Phobos-Grunt Re-entry 1/16/11 – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, leader of defense and industrial sector, put the investigation into the Phobos-Grunt crash case under his personal…

Space Launch System (SLS) Configurations

NASA SLS Rocket facts and specifications

SLS rocket will be the largest rocket since the Apollo Saturn V. NASA issued a report NASA’s Space Launch System and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle persuent to Section 309 of the…

Second GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit

NASA’S Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Reunite In Lunar Orbit PASADENA, Calif. — The second of NASA’s two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine…

NASA SLS rocket

Will NASA SLS Rocket survive when ARES did not?

  SLS and former Constellation (Ares) programs are flawed in same fundamental way. NASA recently announced development of a new heavy lift rocket. The pictures of this new rocket look…

First Grail Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit

First Of NASA’S Two Grail Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Moon PASADENA, Calif. — The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar orbit….