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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
Today’s Tech Image: NASA’s advanced electric propulsion system
Mind-controlled prostheses has become a popular area of research among engineers, but what about mind-controlled…
Apollo 15 lunar lens auctioning for $600,000
When Commander Dave Scott took off on the Apollo 15 mission, the first of the Apollo "J" missions capable of a…
What a rocket launch looks like from the ISS
We can probably find many pictures of rocket launches that were captured from the ground, but yesterday astronaut…
NASA is building a new planet-hunting instrument
NASA is on a mission to find out what's going on beyond our solar system. The agency has selected a team to build a…
LEDs prove to be an energy efficient way to grow crops in space
Once humans can successfully travel to Mars and begin setting up habitats there, growing food will be key.…
NASA’s Soft X-ray Camera Has Been Shrunk, Will Fly As A CubeSat Mission
Back in 2012, NASA unveiled the first wide-field soft X-ray camera, which included a never-before-flown focusing…
NASA needs some help improving Robonaut 2’s vision
It's not like NASA will be taking Robonaut 2, its first humanoid robot in space, to the ophthalmologist for an eye…
Video of the Day: Watch astronaut dressed like a gorilla run around the ISS
Astronaut Scott Kelly decided that it would be fun to dress up like an ape and run around the International Space…
Listen to NASA’s overlooked space music heard during a 1969 trip to the Moon
When astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan headed out to space on Apollo 10 to circle the moon…
Today’s Tech Image: Micro-lander stops on an asteroid
In this image you can see the European Space Agency's proposed micro-lander that would target an asteroid for the…