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There's a serious financial crunch in Washington DC and all around the United States. The federal government is reducing the money it is spending on a number of programs around the country including budget cuts at NASA. The problem with budget cuts at NASA is that any funding lost at the space agency means less exploration and research can be conducted. Read The Full Story

The Kennedy Space Center in the heart of the United States space program for decades. Kennedy Space Center is located in Florida and the location has been the starting point for numerous NASA missions past and present, there is also a very large Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex as well. That visitor complex is designed to educate children and adults on space and has numerous interesting activities that are available. Read The Full Story

There are huge number of satellites and other spacecraft in orbit around the Earth and around other celestial bodies in our solar system. The point of all the spacecraft is to gather information to allow scientists and researchers to learn more about our world and the universe around us. Last year NASA crashed the twin GRAIL spacecraft into the side of a mountain on the moon. Read The Full Story

Earth runs the risk of an unexpected asteroid strike because NASA's budget for identifying and tracking potential risk-rocks is woefully insufficient, science advisors have warned US Congress this week. The ominous news, in which lawmakers were told that - at current funding levels - it would take until 2030 to adequately catalog 90-percent of near-Earth objects ranging between 140m and 1km in width, was revealed at a hastily-convened hearing of the House Science Committee following the Russian meteor incident in mid-February. There, members of Congress were warned that praying might be the only defense should an unpredicted asteroid be spotted three weeks out from Earth. Read The Full Story