NASA

Secretive X-37B space plane caught on camera 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 9, 2019
For the first time, someone has managed to snap an image of the enigmatic mini-shuttle in Earth’s orbit.

By David Aragorn
Living and working around the moon: NASA makes plans for a new space station 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 8, 2019
Imagine, a few years from now, looking up into the night sky and seeing a full moon, brightly illuminating the landscape in front of you.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s TESS mission finds its smallest planet yet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 4, 2019
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet, called L 98-59b, marks the tiniest discovered by TESS to date.

By David Aragorn
NASA to send drone to Saturn’s moon for clues on human origins 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2019
NASA plans to send a drone named Dragonfly to Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, the agency said Thursday, announcing the space agency’s latest high-profile mission to explore the solar system for clues on humanity’s origins. “Today I am proud to announce that our next New Frontiers mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a video teleconference.

By David Aragorn
NASA announces ‘Dragonfly’ mission to Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2019
A new $850 million drone-like lander will be venturing on to (and above) the surface of Saturn’s enigmatic moon.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s search for signs of life on Mars yields another shock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2019
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of methane, suggesting an unseen geological or even biological process was at work on the planet. Signs of past or present life? Perhaps, but a follow-up reading has now generated more questions than answers.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars Rover Just Detected An Unusual Spike In Greenhouse Gas Emissions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 26, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity rover found a sudden large release of greenhouse gas emissions on Mars. As a result, NASA scientists are modifying their planned schedule to investigate the source of the greenhouse gas.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover gets wheeled up for the Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 22, 2019
Engineers prepare the starboard legs and wheels for integration onto NASA’s Mars 2020 rover

By David Aragorn
NASA Takes Record-Breaking Close Asteroid Photo 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 19, 2019
Bennu is ready for its close-up.

By David Aragorn
Returning Astronauts to the Moon Could Cost $30 Billion, Says NASA 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 18, 2019
The lunar mission is being framed as part of a wider plan for exploring the universe.

By David Aragorn