Spin Off Technology1

Former NASA Employees Bring Safety to Oil Rigs

By Merryl Azriel on March 20, 2013

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil slick as seen from space (Credits: NASA). What does a NASA safety engineer do when his shuttle's been retired and... Read more →

Asteroids and Comets

Bolden Addresses Hearing On Asteroid Threats

By Phillip Keane on March 20, 2013

NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden (Credits: NASA). A U.S House of Representatives hearing was held March 19th, 2013 covering the recently... Read more →

Media

Riding Shotgun on Apollo 16 Lunar Rover

By Staff Writers on March 19, 2013

In April 1972, Apollo 16 carried astronauts John Young, Charles Duke, and Ken Mattingly on the fifth manned mission to the Moon's surface. This... Read more →

Space Food

3D Printing Takes on the Final Frontier: Food

By Maria Fischer on March 19, 2013

3D food printer building turkey blocks(Credits: Fab@Home). Imagine one day being able printing your own dishes, like in a Star Trek movie. This... Read more →

News

News Shorts: Mars: The Game, ExoMars Deal Signed, and Brightman ISS Trip

By Phillip Keane on March 18, 2013

Scene from "Lacuna Passage", based on Hi-RISE imagery (Credits: Random Seed Games) Hi-RISE: The Video Game A Martian video game is in development,... Read more →

Rocket Design1

SLS External Tank Reverts to Hard Alloy

By Hubert Foy on March 18, 2013

Artist's impression of the 70-ton SLS configuration with the core stage highlighted (Credits: NASA). NASA is reverting to hard aluminum-copper... Read more →