Space Pioneers Series – Robert Goddard
They are the dreamers, the deep-thinkers, the “what if-ers”, the folks who have peppered our history with those tiny nuggets of brilliance which, with much blood, sweat, tears, and perseverance,…
Category Archives: Space
Hubble Finds Blue Planet 63 Light Years Away
(Source NASA) – Astronomers making visible-light observations with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. The planet is HD…
Comet ISON getting closer, putting on 4th of July show
Comet ISON is approaching the sun at 48,000 miles per hour. As it does the tail grows longer and brighter. This November it could reach naked eye visibility and be…
New Indications Voyager 1 is about to Exit Solar System
When Voyager 1 and it’s twin were launched in 1977 no one really expected the Voyager spacecraft would last for over 30 years but in theory they could. In practice these amazing…
Rare alignment allows Hubble to become a planet hunter
(Source Space Telescope Science Institute) – With the probable demise of the Kepler mission due a failure of the components used to point the spacecraft, the reaction wheels, Hubble is helping…
SMILE, Cassini to take picture of Earth from Saturn
The Cassini spacecraft which recently celebrated 15 years of success will take a picture of Earth on July 19, 2013. The Earth will appear as a small, pale blue dot between…
Crystal Clear Images of Mercury look very Moon like
At a glance this extreamly crisp image may look like Earth’s Moon but it is actually Mercury. The image was taken by the MESSENGER satellites Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)….
Hubble Uncovers Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction
(Source NASA) – Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think they are seeing compelling evidence for a planet under construction…
