Space & Spaceflight

The International Space Station Step by Step

The space shuttle Discovery’s launch has been delayed because Florida’s bloody weather. It will carry the Leonardo supply module full of goodies, including the Colbert Space Treadmill. https://gizmodo.com/colbert-to-launch-tomorrow-to-the-international-space-s-5344653 I wonder where it will fit in this cool step-by-step ISS construction timeline. [USA Today]

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Colbert to Launch Tomorrow to the International Space Station

You heard it well. Colbert is launching tomorrow at 1:36am EDT onboard the space shuttle Discovery, headed to the International Space Station. The mission objective, according to him: “Help slim down all those chubby astronauts.” In his own words: Now, this is Steven Colbert saying: I’m go to launch me! “Me” meaning the “Colbert”—or C.O.L.B.E.R.T.—the…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

NASA Successfully Tests Inflatable Heat Shield

Good news for wannabe astronauts everywhere: NASA has developed a new heat shield concept that, instead of using the usual thermal tiles, is inflatable. They tested it successfully in a launch from Wallops Island, in Virginia. The new system has demonstrated that it is posible to use an inflatable shield to slow down and protect…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Photos From This Morning’s Delta II Rocket Launch

Early this morning, the final Delta II GPS rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral. And man, did it look beautiful. Head over to WCBS 880 for the full gallery. [WCBS 880 via Current]

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

Asteroids May Destroy Earth Because Some People Are Obtuse Tightfisted Bozos

Did you think that Ares facing delays or cancellations was bad? Well, what about a freaking huge honkin’ asteroid obliterating Earth, all because NASA doesn’t have enough funding to track every potentially-deadly object out there? Yes, exactly my fraking thoughts. Here’s the deal: NASA was supposed to be tracking at least 90 percent of all…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Ares I in Danger of Dying Because of Alleged NASA Money Troubles

A panel of space experts assembled by President Obama were expected to inform the White House today that unless they can round up some more cash, they won’t have the funds to make it back to the Moon before 2020. The UK Guardian says the report was apparently surprising to some inside NASA, who thought…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert

A Beach On Mars

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE—High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment—camera has captured one of the most beautiful photographs of Mars to date: An oblique view—at 22 degrees east of straight down—of the Victoria Crater, in the Meridiani Planum region. Click on the image to enlarge to see all the incredible detail. Warning, it’s huge and takes…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Evidence of Planetary Collision Observed by NASA, Rebel Force Wanted for Questioning

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has picked up on what seems to be evidence of two planets impacting and then exploding in a oh-dear-God-it’s-like-the-Death-Stars-all-over-again-no-no-nooooooooooo way. The artist’s animation of the event looks phenomenal, but sadly lacks any kablooey! sounds. The infrared detectors of the Spitzer Space Telescope spotted “signatures of the vaporized rock, along with pieces…

Space & Spaceflight Rosa Golijan

Space Alert: The Perseids Are Coming, Go See Them

Heads up, astronomers, space lovers, and daydreamers: Tonight is the night to wish upon a star, as we pass the densest point of the dust trail left by the Swift-Tuttle comet, with Earth facing straight into the mess left behind. This year, evening Earthgrazers on Aug. 11 could be the best part of the show,…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

What Is This?

Ready for some mystery? The answer is… we don’t know! It’s true. We (being astronomers and people far smarter than I) really don’t know. But we do know where this mysterious event took place: One billion kilometers away, in Saturn’s F ring. The pic was snapped by a school bus sized gadget we call Cassini.…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

From Swimsuits to Braces: Everyday Gadgets Inspired by Otherworldly NASA Inventions

What do a Black & Decker cordless drill, smoke detectors and even Speedo’s controversial record-breaking LZR swimsuit have in common? Here’s a hint: Look up. https://gizmodo.com/speedo-lzr-racer-swimsuit-spawns-copycats-and-controver-379189 Way up. The answer? They were all the direct result of NASA products and research initially conducted for space travel. The drill, for instance, was created in 1971, when…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

Lost Astronaut Tool Bag Saga Comes To a Fiery Conclusion

After 8 months of orbiting the Earth at fantastic speeds, the tool bag famously lost by butterfingered astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper finally met its end over the Pacific Ocean earlier this week. https://gizmodo.com/lost-astronaut-tool-bag-spotted-with-telescope-5098665 The $100,000 tool bag plunged toward Earth and burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere, according to the U.S. Air Force’s Joint Space…

Space & Spaceflight Sean Fallon

Personal (Spy!) Satellite is a Bargain at $8,000

The TubeSat lists one of its possible uses as Earth-from-space video imaging—very scientific, of course. But to me that means “Now you can spy on your hot neighbor Steve Jobs without leaving the comfort of your home!” https://gizmodo.com/photo-steve-jobs-leaving-apple-campus-today-5325968 Other uses for Interorbital Systems’ TubeSat Personal Satellite Kit include: Earth-from-space video imaging Earth magnetic field measurement…

Space & Spaceflight Rosa Golijan

THIS Is One of the Biggest Rockets You’ve Ever Seen

The last time we looked at the Ares I-X, we only got to see the tip of what will be one of the world’s biggest rockets, but now it’s nearly done and right on schedule for a Halloween launch. [NASA] https://gizmodo.com/the-very-first-tip-of-the-arex-i-x-rocket-is-ready-5140864

Space & Spaceflight Rosa Golijan

To Be an Astronaut in China, You Can’t Have Bad Breath

According to China Daily, China’s criteria for selecting their astronauts is so stringent that it precludes candidates with scars, cavities or even simple bad breath. Apparently the stench can be a real morale buster when you’re quarantined by the vacuum of space. The criteria were reportedly leaked by a representative from No 454 Hospital of…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

Rock the Same Pair of Undies For a Month Straight With J-Wear (Actually: Please Don’t!)

Japanese astronauts are testing out some water-absorbent, anti-bacterial, and supposedly odor-resistant underwear (among other clothing) which can be worn for a month straight. I’ll be thankful that I’m not in the Gizmodo offices when the guys decide to try these. When he returns to earth, astronaut Koichi Wakata is handing his underwear (boxers or briefs,…

Space & Spaceflight Rosa Golijan

First Pictures of Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo Interior

We all know how Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo looks from the outside, but this is the first time ever you are going to see the cockpit of SpaceShipTwo’s mothership. It looks like the old-style spaceship cockpits from Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. https://gizmodo.com/first-virgin-galactic-white-knight-ii-photos-5029950 Head to Hyperbola to get more exclusive shots and video. [Hyperbola]

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Russia Locks Up Volunteers in Mock Space Ship to Simulate Mars Trip

A group of 6 volunteers just finished a simulated 105-day mission to Mars. Completely stuck on the ground, the subjects were essentially locked in a room so that researchers could gauge the psychological impact of isolation. The study is the brainchild of a European Space Agency and Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems partnership. The subjects…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

The Cheese That Almost Went to Space

Forget Apollo astronauts, forget space monkeys, forget teddie cosmobears, forget shuttle bats, and forget friggin’frozen Ronald McDonald. Tis the time for Space Cheese. https://gizmodo.com/space-monkey-gone-to-heaven-5272801 Today at 4AM GMT, this 300-gram (0.66-pound) piece of godspeedy Cheddar cheese launched in a weather balloon, tracked by a built-in GPS. Sadly, the mission—funded by the West Country Farmhouse Cheesemaker—only…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

NASA’s 1965 Reduced Gravid Walking Simulator Doesn’t Quite Reduce Gravity

This seems more like it just makes you deal with the same amount of gravity but from a different angle, no? But hey, I’m no scientist. [Wired Science]

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

The International Space Station Step by Step

Colbert to Launch Tomorrow to the International Space Station

NASA Successfully Tests Inflatable Heat Shield

Photos From This Morning’s Delta II Rocket Launch

Asteroids May Destroy Earth Because Some People Are Obtuse Tightfisted Bozos

Ares I in Danger of Dying Because of Alleged NASA Money Troubles

A Beach On Mars

Evidence of Planetary Collision Observed by NASA, Rebel Force Wanted for Questioning

Space Alert: The Perseids Are Coming, Go See Them

What Is This?

From Swimsuits to Braces: Everyday Gadgets Inspired by Otherworldly NASA Inventions

Lost Astronaut Tool Bag Saga Comes To a Fiery Conclusion

Personal (Spy!) Satellite is a Bargain at $8,000

THIS Is One of the Biggest Rockets You’ve Ever Seen

To Be an Astronaut in China, You Can’t Have Bad Breath

Rock the Same Pair of Undies For a Month Straight With J-Wear (Actually: Please Don’t!)

First Pictures of Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo Interior

Russia Locks Up Volunteers in Mock Space Ship to Simulate Mars Trip

The Cheese That Almost Went to Space

NASA’s 1965 Reduced Gravid Walking Simulator Doesn’t Quite Reduce Gravity

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

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Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

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