The Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins in Mexico City. The GIANTSTEP-APOLLO 11 Presidential Goodwill Tour emphasized the willingness of the United States to share its space knowledge. The tour carried the Apollo 11 astronauts and their wives to 24 countries and 27 cities in 45 days. Photo: NASA.
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Who needs Google Earth? NASA and Japan just improved the most complete—and free— digital topographic map of Earth . More »
14-16 és 16-18 éves korosztály kategóriákban mozgósítja a Youtube a tudományok iránt érdeklődő fiatalokat. A versenyzőknek – akik akár háromfős csapatokat is alkothatnak, de önállóan is indulhatnak – egy legfeljebb két perces videót kell feltölteniük a Youtube-ra. Ebben kell ötletet adniuk egy olyan fizikai vagy biológiai kísérletre, amit érdemes lenne megvalósítani a Nemzetközi Űrállomás körülmé...
Despite the fact that every single facet of NASA's moonwalks were government-controlled expeditions, astronauts were not exempt from the annoying processes involved with foreign travel. Case in point, this customs form , signed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. More »
Built by Kids shares easy how-to instructions for a fabulous cardboard castle that was originally constructed by Christiane Lemieux’s kids – she’s the founder and creative director of DwellStudio by the way.
We told you about the Miniio modern dollhouse earlier this week and Handmade Charlotte spotted a drool-inducing abode as well: The Poppenvilla dollhouse by Liliane . It’s a must see....
Where Earth got its oceans is a big question, and the currently preferred explanation is that ancient comets brought in huge amounts of water from the outer solar system. That hypothesis just received some big evidence to back it up. More »
PASADENA, California — Send a robot into space. Grab an asteroid. Bring it back to Earth orbit.
This may sound like a crazy plan, but it was discussed quite seriously last week by a group of scientists and engineers at the California Institute of Technology. The four-day workshop was dedicated to investigating the feasibility and requirements of capturing a near-Earth asteroid, bringing it clo...
Private aerospace company SpaceX plans to develop reusable spacecraft that gently land on Earth or other planets using retrorockets, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
The idea is for both the space capsule and its rocket booster to be capable of “propulsive landing,” where after their reentry into the atmosphere using heat shields, the spacecraft would be lowered gently to a planet’s surface us...
Billions of years ago, Mercury was choked in unimaginable amounts of lava. About six percent of the entire planet was covered in the lava of a single volcanic maelstrom. Not bad considering we weren't even sure Mercury had volcanoes. More »
While giveaways and “follow us and win!” contests aren’t always worth calling out, this promotion from @NASA is too great to pass up. They’re planning on inviting 150 of their followers to watch the Curiosity Mars Rover launch . Yes, the actual launch, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The tweetup will take place just prior to the launch window, which begins at 10:21 a.m. EST on Nov. 25. ...
Inspired by the incredible ISS time-lapse that went viral recently, YouTube user isoeph collected NASA photographs from The Gateway To Astronaut Photography of Earth and created this equally impressive time-lapse video showing the ISS passing over the auroras. (via Laughing Squid )
Like I needed another reason to be jealous of astronauts. Looks like those short guys in white suits will be the first to play with 100Mbps laser-powered internet. We'll be getting our Mars-porn about 20 times faster, thank God. More »
Az amerikai műhold szombat hajnalban áthatolt az atmoszférán, és széttört darabjai feltehetőleg Kanadában szóródtak szét a NASA szerint. Elképzelhető, hogy kanadai twitterezők e darabokat látták, amikor törmelékek lehullásáról számoltak be. tovább