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Looking back at NASA’s lunar rovers 40 years later

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

This December most people are likely focused more on Christmas and family than anything else. The holiday season makes it easy to forget that this month marks 40 years since man has been to the moon. Marking 40 years since man has been on the moon also means it has been 40 years since astronauts sat in the driver seat of NASA's lunar rovers that carted astronauts around the surface of the moon. Read The Full Story

Moon Express teams with Dynetics for pursuit of the Google Lunar X PRIZE

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has a $30 million prize in place for its Lunar X PRIZE. The money will go to the first team able to place a robotic rover on the surface of the moon that is able to transmit high-definition video, images, and data back to Earth from the landing site and from 500 m away from the landing site. A company called Moon Express has announced that it has signed a teaming agreement with Dynetics. Read The Full Story

NASA testing on prototype Z-1 space suit is complete

, Dec 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA has completed testing on a new prototype spacesuit and it looks like the animators from Toy Story had a hand in the design. The spacesuit has a hunched back look with a big round dome on top along with some 80s-style bright green stripes. The resemblance between NASA's prototype spacesuit and Buzz Lightyear is undeniable. Read The Full Story

Russia’s Soyuz launches three to ISS

, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Early this morning, a Russian Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft launched into space toward the International Space Station carrying three men onboard to join the three crewmates already on the ISS. The Soyuz capsule is carrying NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Read The Full Story

Cassini snaps a photograph in Saturn’s shadow and it’s breathtaking

, Dec 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA has had its Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn for a long time. NASA has recently released a photograph that Cassini took back in mid October during its 174th orbit around Saturn. The photograph the spacecraft took on October 17, 2012 is below. Read The Full Story

Moon bang: NASA confirms twin satellite smash

, Dec 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA has successfully smashed two satellites into the dark side of the moon, the space agency has confirmed, naming the new crater after Sally Ride, the first American woman in low Earth orbit. The mission, to crash the spent GRAIL spacecraft and glean some valuable internal structure and composition data about the moon from their demise, culminated in impact at 5:28pm EST and 5:29pm, at a speed of 3,760 mph, though the scale of the crater they created won't be known until the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter catches sight of it in a few weeks time. Read The Full Story

Reminder: NASA crashing two probes into Moon tonight

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Just a few days ago, NASA announced that it would begin the process of navigating two of its probes towards the Moon, but instead of landing them on the Moon, NASA's going to full-on crash them into the surface of the small, grey sphere. Starting at 5 PM EST, NASA will be live-chatting about the mission on their website. Read The Full Story

Russians put Soyuz in place for ISS mission

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Russian space officials put a Soyuz spacecraft on top of its launch rocket today. The rocket was put in place at the Russian manned-space facility in the frigid country of Kazakhstan in preparation for a mission spanning five months. The rocket will send three new astronauts to the international space station. The Russians rolled the spacecraft out of its hanger atop a flatbed train at exactly 7 AM. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 14, 2012

, Dec 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday evening everyone. The weekend will be underway soon, but before we jump in, let's recap the news from the afternoon. We found out today that Google Maps on iOS might not be around for very long, so enjoy it while it lasts, while Motorola Atrix HD users are now getting a long-awaited update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Google is leaving Sync support in the dust starting on January 30, 2013, and there were launch events for the iPhone 5 in 33 different countries today. Read The Full Story

Why NASA wants the next Moon landing to crash (but not burn)

, Dec 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Tonight NASA will be pushing twin lunar-orbiting spacecraft down towards our moon in order to crash them out with one final mission after nearly a full Earth-year’s work. This final mission will have Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission probes “Ebb” and “Flow” rammed purposefully into an unnamed moon mountain using up the remaining fuel reserves on both units. This final mission will help NASA engineers validate models outlining fuel consumption so as to improve future mission fuel needs.

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NASA to deliberately crash probes into the moon

, Dec 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

NASA has announced that it's set to deliberately crash two "tiny" probes into the Moon's surface on Monday the 17th. These two particular probes named Ebb and Flow are small, and have been orbiting the moon for months while gathering data. Of course, small is relative: the probes are about the size of your dishwasher or washing machine. Read The Full Story

Curiosity snaps images of space from surface of Mars

, Dec 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The hubbub surrounding the Curiosity rover seems to have died down a bit in recent weeks, but it's reminding us today that it's still working away on the surface of Mars with a set of new images. Most of the pictures are of the surface itself, but for two of the shots, Curiosity turned its lens toward the sky. If you've ever wondered what space looks like from the surface of Mars, wonder no longer. Read The Full Story
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