October 6th, 2015
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In honor of World Space Week, astronaut Buzz Aldrin shared his dream for the future of space travel with AOL.com. “For my part, I have been blueprinting a vision for the Red Planet: Establishing Cycling Pathways to Occupy Mars,” explains Aldrin. “When I look into the coming […]
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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has delivered a state-of-the-art research vessel – the R/V Neil Armstrong — to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The ship is outfitted to carry out scientific studies of the marine environment. Last month, the Dakota Creek Industries shipyard in Anacortes, Washington delivered R/V Neil Armstrong to the […]
Every step you take! Thanks to Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) you can view the steps of NASA astronaut Mark Watney in the new movie blockbuster: “The Martian.” DLR experts typically use their talents producing highly accurate topographical maps of Mars. Spectacular Mars terrain But this time […]
This composite image looking toward the higher regions of Mount Sharp within Gale Crater was taken on September 9, 2015 by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover and released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) last week. In the foreground — about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the rover — is a long ridge teeming with hematite, […]
Survey information by YouGov research reveals that majorities of the public in Britain, Germany and the U.S. believe that living creatures who have the ability to communicate and do not come from Earth do exist. “You are not alone: most people believe that aliens exist” is the title of the YouGov data set posted […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has entered Sol 1122, landing on the Red Planet back in August 2012. Operators of the Mars machinery are reporting success in using the rover’s drill on “Big Sky.” It went perfectly, reports Ryan Anderson, a planetary scientist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona and a member of […]
A novel technique is being tested to visually and audio-record scenes ranging from exo-atmospheric rocket events to microbial life on other worlds. Tagged as a Remote Acoustic Sensor (RAS), this new type of technology is suitable for use on rockets, spacecraft and other high-performance aerospace vehicles. Yet another idea is a miniaturized version of the […]
Data gleaned by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft at Ceres has provided another type of look at the puzzling Occator crater. NASA has released a color-coded topographic map of the bright spots found within the 56 miles (90 kilometers wide) crater. The topographic images of Occator (oh-KAH-tor) show the brightest spots and a cone-shaped 6-mile-high (4-kilometer-high) […]
Today is Sol 1119 for the Mars Curiosity rover mission. Over last weekend, a mini-drill has cleared the way for drilling “Big Sky.” “The hope is that this location will provide a good sample of the ‘typical’ rock in the area to compare with some of the interesting alteration we’ve been seeing,” reports Ryan Anderson, […]
Mars researchers offered today the strongest proof yet that there is “intermittent flowing liquid water” present on the Red Planet. That prospect bolsters the chance that Mars may well be an extraterrestrial address for life. Furthermore, it offers future human explorers sites to look for Martian life and might help expeditionary crews sustain their presence […]
