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How to say goodbye to Endeavour and NASA’s space shuttle program
The parking lot on Twin Peaks is no place for a San Francisco resident from September to October. Huge tourist buses and shiny new rental minivans disgorge hundreds of visitors from England, France, Japan and especially Germany, who line the viewing area to marvel at and photograph the beauty of…
NASA finds two ‘hot Jupiters’ in star cluster
US scientists have for the first time found proof that planets can form and survive around sun-like stars within dense star clusters, NASA said Friday. Astronomers have spotted two Jupiter-like orbs in the Beehive Cluster, a collection of around 1,000 stars that appear to be swarming around a common center.…
Memorial honors Neil Armstrong
Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and others paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. The service opened with bagpipers, who led Armstrong’s relatives in a procession through the packed church, followed by a…
Mars rover Curiosity working ‘flawlessly’: NASA
WASHINGTON — For the past week, the rover, which touched down on August 6, has undergone a series of instrument tests, as well as a rebooting of its steering computers, and everything so far appears fine, according to officials with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “Through every phase…
NASA’s Mars rover parked to test robotic arm
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Curiosity rover has temporarily halted its journey across the surface of Mars as it tests the tools on its robotic arm, the US space agency said Thursday. The $2.5 billion craft — which landed in Gale Crater on the Red Planet on August 6 — has covered…
NASA releases stunningly trippy multi-angle video of solar eruption
The solar eruption witnessed August 31, what’s known as a “solar prominence,” was captured in stunningly psychedelic detail by NASA scientists, who were kind enough to publish a video on Wednesday showing the gorgeous natural phenomenon from several breathtaking angles, all in glorious high definition. The video was created using footage compiled…
Mars rover beams back spectacular pictures
NASA has beamed back a set of spectacular pictures from Mars — and a first voice message — likening it to the lunar landmark led by Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon who died last week. In the audio message, broadcast from the surface of the Red Planet…
Will.i.am song will be broadcast on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover
Pop star Will.i.am was writing a song to endorse Barack Obama at the conventions four years ago, but this election cycle he’s decided to back a nerdier candidate: NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover. Will.i.am released a new single called “Reach For The Stars,” which NASA plans to broadcast from the rover…
Neil Armstrong had little confidence in privatized space travel
WASHINGTON — More than 40 years after Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, humans continue to push the frontiers of space exploration but missions are being tempered by costs, a trend that concerned the astronaut. The blank check from government that financed adventures in the Cold War-era is no longer…
Apollo 11: A giant leap for mankind and Cold War rivalry
At 9:32 am on July 16, 1969 a 2,900-tonne Saturn V rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the Columbia command module and the dreams of a generation. The mission was Apollo 11, the commander was 38-year-old former navy pilot Neil Armstrong and the destination was…
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