Will Overview Effect Make Everyone a Better Person?
Overview Effect, the feeling frequently described as "awe" experienced by astronauts upon seeing their home planet from space, is getting a lot of... Read more →
ESA’s FlySafe to Make Flying Safer
Bird tracking from ground and space helps planes avoid bird strike (Credits: ESA). Bird strike, when an airplane flies into one or more birds... Read more →
DARPA Shows Progress on Phoenix Satellite Scavenger
Phoenix scavenger spacecraft gets to work deconstructing a satellite (Credits: DARPA). On January 22, DARPA released a video showing the progress... Read more →
Kepler Telescope Goes Into Precautionary “Safe Mode”
The Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009 to search for habitable planets outside the solar system (Credits: NASA). NASA’s Kepler space... Read more →
Another Asteroid Mining Company Opens Shop
Artist's impression of a "Harvestor" class mission (Credits: Deep Space Industries). A second asteroid harvesting company has announced that it... Read more →
Curiosity and Orion Parade for Presidential Inauguration
On January 21, Barack Obama was cermonially inaugurated into his second four year term as president of the United States. In celebration, states and... Read more →