Space Shuttle Endeavour To Make Historic Final Ferry Flight
NASA — Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday,…
NOAA provides easy access to historical hurricane tracks
Understanding historical hurricane landfalls is important in preparing for current storms NOAA – Seeing where hurricanes have hit and how often is one of the best ways to bring home…
Spectacular CME Solar Flare from AR 1560 4/31/12- Video
Since August 30th Sunspot AR1560 has more than quadrupled in size since August 30th. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-class solar fares during the next 48 hours as…
NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT Thursday from Cape…
Mars Curiosity Rover phones home and “Talks” to Earth
NASA Rover Returns Voice and Telephoto Views from Martian Surface PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet…
Neil Armstrong, American Hero passes at 82
Today Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the Moon passed. He died from complications related to heart surgery at age 82. “While we mourn the loss of a very…
India Plans New Mission to Mars
NASA recently made news with it’s MSL rover and now India is looking to flex it’s own technical capabilities with a new mission to Mars. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday…
Kepler Failure Interrupts Science Data Collection
Kepler Hardware Failure causes it to temporarily stop observations The Kepler Satellite, known for many discoveries of planets outside of our solar system, has experienced the failure of one of…
