space exploration
Science

600 Million Metric Tons Of Ice Found On Moon’s North Pole

Around 600 million metric tons of water ice were discovered in shadowy craters at the moon’s north pole. How much is that, in terms that mean something to you? Possibly enough to sustain a mother-F-ing moon base, that’s how much.

February 25, 2010
Science

Next For NASA: Inflatable Space Stations, Space UAVs And More

As we’ve been hearing for months, 2010 is going to be a year of belt-tightening for NASA. But it still has some cool technologies on the way: inflatable space stations, research into mid-orbit refuelling, and new autonomous space vehicles.

February 12, 2010
Science

Zeroing In On The International Space Station

The Russian Space Agency has released this speeded up video of a Soyuz spacecraft approaching and docking in the International Space Station. It’s like Battlestar Galactica, but without phasers. Or Cylons. Or Vipers. Or Starbuck. Actually, it’s nothing like BSG.

February 9, 2010
Science

An HD Video Tour Of The International Space Station

If you’re a huge space buff, you might not be surprised by anything in this video tour of the International Space Station. But it’s still great to just get a simple walkthrough of this incredible project and all its corners.

Science

The Last Nighttime Launch Of The Space Shuttle

If there’s something more spectacular than a space shuttle launch that’s a night shuttle launch. Sadly, the last one happened tonight. Happily, it was filmed in perfect high definition. Endeavour carries another last too:

February 7, 2010
Cars

Stay Up Late To Watch The Last Ever Nighttime Shuttle Launch

If you live anywhere on the US east coast and are at all interested in cool stuff that happens in the sky, you’d be remiss not to stay up late tonight to watch for the last ever nighttime shuttle launch.

February 5, 2010
Science

Most Detailed View Of Pluto To Date

Oh Pluto, Pluto… You may not be a planet anymore, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love you. Even while you look like a big mouldy ball of mud in this image capture by Hubble, the most detailed to date.

Robonaut2: NASA’s Red Shirt Who May One Day Rule The Fleet

Back in the ’60s, astronauts had to compete with monkeys to make their way into space. Today, NASA and GM have developed a new trainable, expendable crew member. Its name is Robonaut2.

February 4, 2010
Cameras

New NASA Solar Spacecraft To Record Sun At IMAX Resolution

This is the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. Together with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, and the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, it will capture the Sun at IMAX resolution every 10 seconds. They will travel together inside NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.

February 3, 2010
Science

Hubble Detects Spaceship-Shaped Object Travelling At 17,700km/h

Hubble has discovered a mysterious X-shaped object travelling at 17,700km/h. NASA says that P/2010-A2 may be a comet, product of the collision between two asteroids. Or a Klingon Bird of Prey. Either way, UCLA investigator David Jewitt is excited:

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