Asteroid 2005 YU55 Makes Uneventful Closest Approach
Asteroid 2005 YU55 made its closest approach to Earth on November 8 at 10:28 PM GMT. According to NASA, the asteroid passed within 324,600 km of... Read more →
DARPA Phoenix Program to Recycle Space Debris
The problem of space debris is becoming more and more acute. (Credits: impactlab.net). The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)... Read more →
NASA Announces Orion Unmanned Test Flight
NASA managers have approved the Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) mission, which will consist of an unmanned flight of the Orion crew vehicle in... Read more →
New Study Reveals Persistent Changes in Astronauts’ Eyes and Vision
NASA astronaut Ron Garan gazes at Earth from the International Space Station. Research indicates long-duraction spaceflights may negatively impact... Read more →
NASA Developing Tractor Beam Technology
The video below illustrates three tractor beam technologies being researched by NASA, which may be used to collect particles for study.... Read more →
Mars500 Hatch Opens After 520 Days
Source: ESA 4 November 2011 The record-breaking simulated mission to Mars has ended with smiling faces after 17 months. Mars500’s six... Read more →