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NASA Mars mission may never happen with current budget problems

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA has already sent several rovers to Mars, but the ultimate goal is to send man to Mars. However, that's a huge undertaking which requires a ton of resources. NASA, being a government agency, doesn't have the amount of resources at the moment to undertake a manned mission to the red planet, leaving the door wide open for private space companies. Read The Full Story

Lego Mars Curiosity rover set official

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [1]

It's a great time for Lego: there's going to be a movie based on the building bricks, and the company just announced its latest set. As a part of Lego's Cuusoo project, fans are able to send in designs and ideas for future Lego sets, and the Mars Curiosity rover won this round, beating out the USC Sandcrawler from Star Wars and the Portal-themed Lego set. Read The Full Story

NASA’s Grand Asteroid Challenge pits the private sector against space rocks

, Jun 19th 2013 Discuss [1]

NASA has been aggressive about identifying near-Earth objects that could pose a threat to our planet in the future, as well as pursuing ideas to deal with space rock aimed at Earth. It has taken its efforts to the next level with its new Grand Asteroid Challenge, which was announced at the space agency's headquarters earlier today. Read The Full Story

NASA Curiosity rover blasts Mars rock with laser 100 times

, Jun 17th 2013 Discuss [3]

We've seen NASA's Mars Curiosity rover bore into Martian rock with a small drill multiple times, but the robot has just taken things to the next level: lasers. Specifically, the rover got to bore a small hole into Martian rock by blasting it with a laser repeatedly, causing a hole a few millimeters in diameter, which you can see after the jump. Read The Full Story

NASA picks astronaut class of 2013

, Jun 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA has picked its next eight astronaut trainees, the so-called "NASA Class of 2013" selected from more than 6,000 applications, and the first time equal positions have been given to male and female candidates. The space agency threw open the virtual gates to would-be space explorers 18 months ago, with the promise of potential inclusion on missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid, and even Mars should they get through the grueling training process. Read The Full Story

NASA finds record 7.5 billion mile distance between a planet and its star

, Jun 14th 2013 Discuss [1]

NASA has revealed that its Hubble Space Telescope made a new discovery: evidence of a planet forming at a record distance from its star, something that - if proven to be true - could then shake up current theories regarding planets and their formation. The discovery was made in the Hydra the Sea Serpent constellation. Read The Full Story

Chris Hadfield resigns from Canadian Space Agency

, Jun 11th 2013 Discuss [1]

After returning to Earth last month from the International Space Station and serving as the commander, astronaut Chris Hadfield is stepping down from the Canadian Space Agency. The CSA notes that Hadfield's resignation is in part due to wanting to pursue new professional challenges, as well as for personal reasons. Read The Full Story

NASA Opportunity rover finds sign of past non-acidic water on Mars

, Jun 7th 2013 Discuss [2]

The hunt for evidence of water on Mars that could support life has been a long and exciting one (depending on your definition of exciting). While there is evidence abound of water that used to be on the Martian planet, it has been of the highly acidic variety, which is not conducive to life. Now, however, NASA has discovered evidence of non-acidic water in Mars' past, a finding made by the rover Opportunity. Read The Full Story

NASA shows off whole year of solar flares in one photo

, Jun 6th 2013 Discuss [1]

NASA always has some cool photos to show off, and this little gem, especially, doesn't disappoint. As a part of NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day, the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite took photos of the sun for a whole year and combined them into one picture. The result is a sun with nothing but solar flares all around. Read The Full Story

NASA partners with Made in Space to create first space-bound 3D printer

, Jun 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

We've heard ideas about NASA using 3D printers to create parts on-the-fly needed to repair space craft when they're out on missions, and not too long ago the space agency provided a grant to develop a 3D printer that produces food. Following in line with this, NASA has officially partnered with Made in Space to develop a printer for space. Read The Full Story

NASA shows us what Antarctica would look like without ice

, Jun 5th 2013 Discuss [1]

Due to its location, the frigid continent of Antarctica is covered with nothing but ice, making it seem like the continent is nothing but boring flat land. However, thanks to a computer-generated simulation, we get to see that Antarctica is actually bumpy and pretty unique -- it's just that we don't get to see it with all that ice covering it up. Read The Full Story

NASA launching IRIS satellite later this month to study the sun

, Jun 5th 2013 Discuss [1]

Back in April, we heard that NASA was preparing for its IRIS mission to the sun by getting the satellite ready for the launch. NASA announced that IRIS (short for Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) will be launching on June 26 and will be put in Earth's orbit where it will have a peek into the suns lower atmosphere. Read The Full Story
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