Space & Spaceflight

NASA’s Official Mars Landing Video Got Taken Off YouTube Over Bogus Copyright Claims

The Curiosity Rover may have landed safely on the surface of Mars, but like all good things, it’s not invulnerable to completely bogus takedown requests. Shortly after the rover’s momentous touchdown, NASA posted a choice clip from the control room to its official YouTube channel for any interested viewers who hadn’t bothered to stay up…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Mars Curiosity Is Your Excuse for Anything Today

You overslept, burnt your breakfast, spilt coffee down your shirt, and stumbled into work looking a wreck—a bit like every other Monday morning, just ten times worse. But that’s OK, because you have an excuse: last night, you were watching history being made. You were up all night waiting for Curiosity to land, then you…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Handy Animation Gives You The Step by Step Breakdown of the Curiosity Landing

The Mars Rover Curiousity landing will be going downs soon, but before it does, take the opportunity to get familiar with the step by step process of how it’s supposed to happen. This animation from NASA provides an excellent breakdown of the Curiosity’s insane landing plan on a second by second basis. You can set…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Mars Curiosity Rover’s Secret Key to Victory: Peanuts And Superstition

When you’ve got a landing sequence as complicated as the Curiosity’s and seven or so minutes of radio delay, there are plenty of things that can go horribly wrong. Fortunately, the folks at mission control have secret insurance up their sleeves: peanuts. https://gizmodo.com/why-nasas-mars-curiosity-rover-landing-will-be-seven-mi-5920588 Having peanuts present during times of extreme stress has become something of…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Check Out These Maps To Find Your Local Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Party

The Mars Curiosity Rover landing is kind of a big deal. There are going to be seven terrifying minutes as the $2.6 billion vehicle executes its wildly complicated descent to the surface. Can you think of a better reason for a party? https://gizmodo.com/why-nasas-mars-curiosity-rover-landing-will-be-seven-mi-5920588 If you’re lucky enough to live in New York City, the Mars…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Mars Curiosity Makes First Discovery—And It’s Crucial for Human Interplanetary Travel

The Mars Curiosity hasn’t even made it to Mars yet and it’s already made a discovery that vital the future of manned space travel: The exact type of radiation astronauts would likely encounter on their way to the Red Planet. This is so freaking awesome. Until now, scientists and engineers could only guess about this…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Here Are the Companies That Will Get Us Back to Space

NASA may have shuttered its Space Shuttle program, but we knew that wasn’t the end of manned American trips to space. Today, NASA shelled out 1.1 billion dollars to three private firms who have been working on spacecrafts of their own: Boeing, Sierra, and SpaceX. Boeing has been working on its CST-100 space capsule for…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert

In Six Hours, A Russian Robo-Freighter Sprints To the ISS with Tons of Supplies

Two days might not seem that long for your latest Amazon order’s arrival. But for the crew of the International Space Station, waiting 48 hours for fresh supplies must be an eternity. That’s why NASA and Rosaviakosmos have melded new technology and an old technique to deliver supplies eight times faster than ever before. Since…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

The Most Amazing Tour of Kennedy Space Center Is On Your Computer

In honor of the Kennedy Space Center’s 50th anniversary, the Google Maps team has just added something very cool: an all-access pass to the KSC. You can now take a Street View walk through rooms you’d never have access to without some serious security clearance. The self-guided tour includes over 6,000 high-quality panoramic images to…

Space & Spaceflight Brent Rose

All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White

NASA has finally answered a long-standing question: all but one of the six American flags on the Moon are still standing up. Everyone is now proudly talking about it. The only problem is that they aren’t American flags anymore. They are all white. The debate on the Moon flags has been going on for decades.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

How You Photograph a Man Free Falling From the Edge Of Space

Felix Baumgartner’s upcoming and record setting 22.7-mile skydive has been hyped and promoted to the point that most of us just want him to jump already. But here’s one bit of hoopla we’re actually nerding out over—a look at all the wonderful camera gear that will be documenting the free fall. https://gizmodo.com/record-smashing-supersonic-space-jump-will-happen-in-20-5883029 Onboard the capsule…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski

The Space Station’s New Aquarium Prepares Astronauts For a Puppy Some Day

Thanks to JAXA—the Japanese Space Agency—the astronauts aboard the International Space Station have some new pets to keep them company. A small school of Medaka fish that will be used to study the impacts of radiation, muscle atrophy, and bone degradation in space. The AQH Aquatic Habitat (because fish tank sounds too low-tech) features a…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski

Tiny Satellite To Scrawl Morse Code Messages Across the Night Sky

Inside an unmanned craft now headed towards the International Space Station sit several smallish, cube-shaped satellites. Soon, one of them will be writing Morse code messages across the sky. While most of the cargo on the craft is supplies for the space station, one of these little satellites, known as “cubesats”, serves another purpose entirely.…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

The Five Most Beautiful Photographs of Earth According to NASA

The Landsat satellites have been watching Earth uninterruptedly for a record 40 years. During that time they have acquired millions of amazing images of our home world, available for everyone in the planet. These are the five most beautiful ones, according to NASA. These natural works of art make our blue marble look like an…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

RIP Sally Ride, the First American Woman In Space

Pioneering American astronaut Sally Ride died today after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61. In 1983, she became the first American woman to travel to space. But that’s not all. At 32 she was the youngest American to have travelled to space at all at that time. What an incredible life. Our condolences…

Space & Spaceflight Mario Aguilar

We Started Recording the Earth From Space Forty Years Ago and Haven’t Stopped

These days it seems like we’re constantly seeing gorgeous images of the Earth from space. It wasn’t always that way. On July 23rd 1972, NASA launched ERTS-1 satellite into space to observe the planet. We’ve never seen ourselves the same since. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-spectacular-night-view-of-earth-ever-captured-5928072 ERTS-1—Landsat 1—was the first of seven satellites in the Landsat program, which has…

Space & Spaceflight Mario Aguilar

NASA’s Next Spacesuit Makes Astronauts Look Like Trash Bags

NASA is currently testing a prototype Z-1 spacesuit that looks more like a horrible, quasi-futuristic Ghostbusters and trash bag mash-up than an awesome suit that’s meant to be worn in Space. Why does it look like this? Because NASA has no idea where—Mars, an asteroid, the Moon—it’s headed next. The idea of the Z-1 spacesuit,…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan

The Most Spectacular Night View of Earth Ever Captured by NASA

I’ve seen plenty of time lapse videos from the International Space Station. None of them were even near the amazing beauty of this one. Play it at full screen and high definition—just the opening Star Wars-like shot will leave you in awe. https://gizmodo.com/this-incredible-time-lapse-from-the-iss-is-straight-up-5895430 It was created by Knate Myers using photographs taken from the International…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

What Space Smells Like and How to Recreate It

Space smells. But what does it smell like? Different astronauts and scientists have said different things—from seared steak to hot metal, gunpowder to welding fumes, raspberries to rum and nearly any meaty metallic description in between—but it’s known to be a gnarly scent. Now NASA wants to know for sure. It’s hired a scent chemist…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan

This Gorgeous Mercury Spacecraft Lamp Could Orbit Your Dining Table

The designers at Raumfieber claim their beautiful Mercury orbiter spacecraft lamp was created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn being the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. But it was probably actually created to drive space exploration fans crazy with desire. Made from precision-cut PVC sheets, the lamp measures almost 16 inches…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski

NASA’s Official Mars Landing Video Got Taken Off YouTube Over Bogus Copyright Claims

Mars Curiosity Is Your Excuse for Anything Today

Handy Animation Gives You The Step by Step Breakdown of the Curiosity Landing

Mars Curiosity Rover’s Secret Key to Victory: Peanuts And Superstition

Check Out These Maps To Find Your Local Mars Rover Curiosity Landing Party

Mars Curiosity Makes First Discovery—And It’s Crucial for Human Interplanetary Travel

Here Are the Companies That Will Get Us Back to Space

In Six Hours, A Russian Robo-Freighter Sprints To the ISS with Tons of Supplies

The Most Amazing Tour of Kennedy Space Center Is On Your Computer

All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White

How You Photograph a Man Free Falling From the Edge Of Space

The Space Station’s New Aquarium Prepares Astronauts For a Puppy Some Day

Tiny Satellite To Scrawl Morse Code Messages Across the Night Sky

The Five Most Beautiful Photographs of Earth According to NASA

RIP Sally Ride, the First American Woman In Space

We Started Recording the Earth From Space Forty Years Ago and Haven’t Stopped

NASA’s Next Spacesuit Makes Astronauts Look Like Trash Bags

The Most Spectacular Night View of Earth Ever Captured by NASA

What Space Smells Like and How to Recreate It

This Gorgeous Mercury Spacecraft Lamp Could Orbit Your Dining Table

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