Tag Archives: Space

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog rocket

    UPDATE: Virginia’s rocket launch rescheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday

    The biggest rocket ever launched from Virginia has a rescheduled launch at 5 p.m. Sunday from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.

  • News Relative sizes of new habitable zone planets Kepler-69c,  Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f, compared with Earth. (PHOTO:
NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)

    NASA: ‘New’ planets could become inhabitable

    NASA scientists announced Thursday the discovery of three planets

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog Saturn

    NASA: What’s up for April 2013

    Saturn’s north pole is now tilted towards Earth, giving us the best view of the rings since 2006.

  • Offbeat

    Astronauts cry too, what it’s like to cry in zero gravity

    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has become popular throughout social media for his stunning pictures from space and his Youtube videos explaining zero-g life.

  • News

    How an astronaut stays in shape in space

    It’s important to stay in shape, especially if you’re an astronaut.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog 13mar29_430

    Spot Saturn above the Moon tonight

    Look east around 11 p.m. tonight, or to the west before Dawn on Saturday morning.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog This map created by Mike Hankey of the American Meteor Society depicts the sighting reports of the March 22, 2013, fireball that lit up the East Coast night sky.
CREDIT: Mike Hankey/American Meteor Society

    NASA: meteor spotted Friday in Virginia was a boulder-sized asteroid

    The Friday fireball was spotted from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeast.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog RussianMeteor

    NASA: What exploded over Russia?

    This was not a crashing plane or a rocket attack. It was the most powerful meteor strike in more than a hundred years.

  • News / Offbeat / Weather / Weather Blog MarchComet

    NASA: Comet PanSTARRS visible to the naked-eye in March

    Comet Pan-STARRS could be visible to the naked eye in early March.

  • News / Weather / Weather Blog NasaFeb2013Up

    NASA: What’s up for February 2013

    An asteroid flyby and comet and planet previews.

  • News Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

    NASA: Curiosity Mars Rover brush at work

    Dust Removal Tool (DRT) cleared for clearing by NASA.

  • Offbeat Canadian Astronaut tweeting from the ISS

    What’s it like to be an Astronaut? Follow this Twitter account

    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been tweeting images of Earth and the inside of the International Space Station during his mission.