Space & Spaceflight

NASA Explores Possibility of Selling Shuttles for $42 Million

NASA has put out an RFI gauging interest in the sale of the three current Space Shuttle orbiters to museums and schools with an asking price of $42 million—$6 million shipping and handling included! NASA has never sold its de-commisioned vehicles to museums before, but when times are tough, you do what you have to…

Space & Spaceflight John Mahoney

Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747

Seeing the space shuttle flying on top of its modified 747 carrier is rare. This image of Endeavour riding it over the Mojave a few days ago, however, is absolutely awesome. Updated with 1600px-wide version. Click on the image above to get the 1600 x 1200 pixel version Space Shuttle mission STS-126-which brought the materials…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo Performing Runway Tests

Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo, the ship that will deliver SpaceShipTwo into orbit, just started performing runway tests. We’re one step closer to personal space travel, folks. https://gizmodo.com/beautiful-video-of-virgin-galactics-whiteknighttwo-5030033 Yeah, it’s just slowly trucking down the runway, but it’s the first time we’ve actually seen this thing in any sort of action. The next step? The first flight,…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

Hubble May Find Signs of Possible Extraterrestrial Life

Looks like Hubble may turn to be a key in finding extraterrestrial life. A new technique developed by NASA has found CO2, one of the byproducts of life, in a Jupiter-sized planet called HD189733b: https://gizmodo.com/hubble-finds-unidentified-object-in-space-scientists-p-5049896 The carbon dioxide is the main reason for the excitement because, under the right circumstances, it could have a connection…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Jollbot Jumps Like a Grasshopper, Rolls Like a Ball

There are robots that can jump and there are robots that can roll, but the Jollbot is the first robot that can do both. These skills could be vital for future space exploration. The University of Bath’s work on the Jollbot was first brought to light last year, but it appears that their design has…

Space & Spaceflight Sean Fallon

Lego Colonial Space Ship Is Big Enough to Terraform Real Planets

Do you remember the gigantic terraforming spaceship arriving to the Aliens’ planet to drop the entire colony? You know, the one carrying the whole thing? Yeah, me neither. But this Lego Explorien Colony Ship is exactly how I imagine it. Built by Thomas Grassmann and his son Sebastian, not only this Lego model is one…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

NASA’s Next Mars Mission Gets Delayed Until 2011

Looks like Mars Phoenix (or Mars Phoenix’s ghost) will have to wait another two years for a new companion—the Mars Science Laboratory, originally planned for a launch next year, has been delayed until 2011. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-scientists-give-up-on-phoenix-resurrection-5102255 It goes to show that the economy’s bad in space, too. But aside from budgetary overages, the MSL is one…

Space & Spaceflight John Mahoney

NASA Scientists Give Up on Phoenix Resurrection

It may be extremely difficult, but even after its death, NASA scientists have been trying to resurrect the Phoenix Mars Lander at all costs. Sadly, they gave up last week. Happily, there’s still hope. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-my-farewell-transmission-from-mars-5082385 The Phoenix Lander’s Mission Manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory—Chris Lewicki—said that they “were hoping that another variation in weather…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

First Teddie Bear Astronauts Conquer Space

Yesterday the Japanese announced the first space beer. Now the British are claiming the first teddy bear astronauts, who were photographed in space from a home-made vessel with two digital cameras, a flight computer, GPS, and radio. https://gizmodo.com/japanese-sapporo-brews-worlds-first-space-beer-5101552 The four cuddly astronauts travelled on board the spacecraft for two hours and nine minutes, reaching the…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Japanese Sapporo Brews World’s First Space Beer

Sure, the Soviets had the first cosmonaut and the Americans won the moon. But leave it to the Japanese to brew the first space beer in history. Called Space Barley, it uses barley grown in the International Space Station. Made with the collaboration of the breweries, Okayama University, and the Russian Academy of Science, the…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Homemade Backyard Digital Observatory’s Spectacular Images Rivals Hubble’s

Greg Parker is a professor of electronics at Southampton University. He’s also a wizard. Like his co-author Noel Carboni. Real wizards, capable of obtaining some images that rival the best of Hubble’s and giant Earth-based telescopes using less than $15,000 in equipment and more patience than any money in the world could buy. Their magic:…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Obama Considering Ares Cancellation, Orion Scale Back

NASA better come up with some good reasons to keep Ares and Orion alive, because Barack Obama is no JFK: The office of the President Elect has send them a questionnaire asking some tough questions about our favorite space program, Space News reports. You know, the one which is supposed to take Humanity back to…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Inside NASA’s 747 Flying Telescope

Although still three years from starting actual scientific missions, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne observatory is tenaciously getting closer to its first job day. After two decades of research and $500 million modding a Boeing 747—including the 2.5-meter telescope itself that you can see tested in this video—SOFIA got a High-speed Imaging…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

How Big Is the ISS Compared to Science Fiction Spaceships?

We are so used to the International Space Station that we don’t give its massive scale a second thought. I, for one, took it for granted until a newly-released NASA photograph reminded me that this thing is huge. So huge that I fired up Photoshop and did an illustration comparing it to a Colonial Viper…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Lost Astronaut Tool Bag Spotted With Telescope

The toolbag lost by astronaut Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper last week is quickly becoming the most famous piece of $100,000 junk floating around in space. In fact, countless nerds have pointed their telescopes into the night sky attempting to catch a glimpse of the backpack-sized bag orbiting the Earth. At least one man has succeeded in this…

Space & Spaceflight Sean Fallon

Good News: Astronauts Can Drink Their Own Urine

Recently, the International Space Station got a hot new piece of equipment installed: a waste recycler. This fancy machine turns pee into delicious, delicious water. Unfortunately, they couldn’t get it working right off the bat. Well, they finally did it. They are a go for pee drinking up there on the ISS. Well, not quite.…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

The International Space Station Celebrates Its 10th Birthday

This month, the International Space Station turns 10. One of the coolest examples of humanity’s huge leaps forward in technology, it’s still an amazing sight to behold 10 years later. And now The Big Picture has collected over 30 photos of our beloved ISS. Hit the jump for another of my favorites and then head…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

Astronauts Jiggle ISS Water Recycler Handle But Crew Can’t Drink Pee Just Yet

The multimillion dollar water recycler recently installed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station is still experiencing some minor issues this evening, meaning crew members will just have to wait to have their first peetinis, Long Island Iced Pees, Whiskpee Sours and other lame pee-themed drinks I have yet to think of. The prototype recycler,…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

NASA’s New Ejector System Borrows Tech From Yesterday’s Apollo Program

If something goes wrong with the upcoming space shuttle replacement program, and we hope it does not, this is what could save the astronauts’ lives. As they hurdle hundreds of miles per hour into the heavens, and their ship begins to break apart, mission control will scream “ABORT!” (or perhaps something a bit more technical),…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

Finnair Shows Us How We’ll Fly in 2093

Finnair thinks it knows how your children’s children might be flying around the skies (and space) in about 90 years. One way might be in a flashy personal craft; another way could be a slick hybrid craft that transitions from 35,000ft. to low earth orbit with ease. The planes each have that sleek look we’d…

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus

NASA Explores Possibility of Selling Shuttles for $42 Million

Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747

Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo Performing Runway Tests

Hubble May Find Signs of Possible Extraterrestrial Life

Jollbot Jumps Like a Grasshopper, Rolls Like a Ball

Lego Colonial Space Ship Is Big Enough to Terraform Real Planets

NASA’s Next Mars Mission Gets Delayed Until 2011

NASA Scientists Give Up on Phoenix Resurrection

First Teddie Bear Astronauts Conquer Space

Japanese Sapporo Brews World’s First Space Beer

Homemade Backyard Digital Observatory’s Spectacular Images Rivals Hubble’s

Obama Considering Ares Cancellation, Orion Scale Back

Inside NASA’s 747 Flying Telescope

How Big Is the ISS Compared to Science Fiction Spaceships?

Lost Astronaut Tool Bag Spotted With Telescope

Good News: Astronauts Can Drink Their Own Urine

The International Space Station Celebrates Its 10th Birthday

Astronauts Jiggle ISS Water Recycler Handle But Crew Can’t Drink Pee Just Yet

NASA’s New Ejector System Borrows Tech From Yesterday’s Apollo Program

Finnair Shows Us How We’ll Fly in 2093

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