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SpaceX shows impressive Grasshopper rocket demonstration

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [3]

SpaceX released a video detailing its most recent launch of its Grasshopper reusable rocket. The video demonstrates the continuous advancements SpaceX is making, and how Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, is working hard to achieve his goal of making space travel much more cost friendly. On March 7th, 2013, the Grasshopper was able to hover 262.8 feet, which is over twice the amount it was able to hover back in December. Read The Full Story

Elon Musk says SpaceX is working on reusable rockets

, Mar 10th 2013 Discuss [12]

The CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, took the stage yesterday at SXSW to discuss several things, including a couple of new projects SpaceX is working on. SpaceX is currently working on building rockets that are reusable. The rockets are what Musk says is one of the roadblocks that is holding back humanity from the future of space travel. The cost of making the one-time use rockets is what's stopping many businesses from joining the industry. Read The Full Story

NASA James Webb Space Telescope arrives at SXSW

, Mar 9th 2013 Discuss [9]

The scientists and engineers of NASA were able to bring the NASA James Webb Space Telescope to SXSW despite terrible weather conditions. The telescope, which is set to be officially released in 2018, will be able to peer farther into the universe to discover all of the crazy and interesting mysteries that Space has to offer. The telescope is available for viewing to over 30,000 attendees of the SXSW festival. Read The Full Story

NASA prepares Curiosity rover for huge solar flare

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [5]

Following close on the heels of NASA's Curiosity rover being moved from safe mode back into active status following an issue with one of its on-board computers, the space agency has now put it into sleep mode due to the threat of a giant solar flare. The solar flare is expected to hit Mars later this week, and the Curiosity rover is in the hot zone. Read The Full Story

Mars Curiosity rover is no longer in safe mode, says NASA

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [4]

On March 1, we reported that NASA's Mars Curiosity rover had experienced its first big problem, an issue with a corrupted on-board computer that prevented the robot from going into sleep mode. Fortunately, the machine has a secondary backup computer, but the malfunction prompted Curiosity to be put into Safe Mode as a precaution. NASA announced earlier today that it has been transitioned back into its active status. Read The Full Story

NASA discovers new radiation belt around Earth

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [4]

NASA has discovered that there was a 3rd radiation belt hanging around Earth. The discovery was made by two Van Allen space probes that were made specifically to analyze Earth's radiation belts. The Van Allen probes were named after James Van Allen, who was the the first to discover the radiation belts 55 years ago in 1958. The probes are designed identically and provide scientists with a deeper insight on how radiation belts are formed. Read The Full Story

SpaceX Dragon successfully reaches ISS

, Mar 3rd 2013 Discuss [1]

SpaceX‘s second Dragon capsule to run a resupply mission to the International Space Station has been successfully captured by the orbiting platform’s robotic arm, despite launch issues that threatened to leave the cargo shuttle without solar power. Snatched from orbit an hour ahead of schedule, the next step for Dragon is being guided into place to dock with the ISS, at which point nearly a month of loading and unloading will occur.

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SpaceX Dragon to dock with International Space Station on Sunday

, Mar 2nd 2013 Discuss [1]

SpaceX's Dragon capsule is officially confirmed to be docking with the International Space Station beginning Sunday, March 2nd, at 6:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, or 3:00AM Pacific Standard Time. The attachment should be completed around 10:00AM EST/7:00AM PST. Dragon experienced some issues shortly after entering orbit, which resulted in a one-day delay of its arrival. But the ISS should be receiving their supplies come tomorrow. Read The Full Story

SpaceX 2 Dragon struck by problems after reaching orbit [Updated]

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [3]

SpaceX and NASA’s second Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station successfully blasted off on its way into space, but encountered unexplained issues roughly twelve minutes into launch. Taking off at 10:10AM EST today to take new equipment and supplies to the orbiting astronauts, the Dragon capsule, climbing at 1km per second atop a cluster of nine rockets, is carrying around 1,268 pounds of cargo and had been expected to dock with the ISS on Saturday, March 2. Update: More on the launch issues after the cut.

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Mars Curiosity rover experiences first major malfunction

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [4]

So far it's been smooth sailing for the Curiosity rover on Mars, and it's even taken the time to snap a few Instagram-worthy self portraits. However, NASA has announced that Curiosity suffered its first major malfunction. One of its onboard computers became corrupted and wasn't going into sleep mode when commanded to do so. Read The Full Story

Surprise radiation belt discovery shakes up NASA’s Sun understanding

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [2]

A lucky coincidence between two satellites, one close to plunging back into the Earth's atmosphere, has identified a third radiation belt around the planet, which NASA says will change our understanding of the sun and how the universe's forces work. While two of the Van Allen radiation belts have been known since 1958, the discovery of a third belt - which appeared unexpectedly, and lasted for four weeks in all - led scientists to first doubt the instruments on the freshly-launched Relatavistic Electron Proton Telescope (REPT), and then to realize that they were seeing something no researchers had ever observed before. Read The Full Story

NASA readies SpaceX 2 for second resupply mission to ISS

, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA and SpaceX are just hours away from the next planned resupply mission to the International Space Station, the second commercial mission by the private firm, with a 1,268 pound payload of food, experiments, and more. SpaceX 2 is expected to take off at 10:10am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, arriving at the ISS the following day, and then being snagged using the orbiting space platform’s robotic arm.

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