Travelers In The Night

To Survive on Venus where the temperature is 864F and the surface air pressure is 90 times that of Earth, NASA and JPL engineers are exploring the concept of avoiding the use of modern temperature sensitive electronics by creating a fully mechanical rover.

The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

A visitor from Mars lands near Tata, Morocco on July 11, 2011. Pieces of it are worth 10 times their weight in Gold.

Meteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of tiny asteroids. Observing a meteor shower can be a WOW inspiring experience.

Jupiter has been observed by humans through out history, shaped our solar system, and made it possible for Earth to form.

There are approximately 3.2 million Earth approaching asteroids similar in size to the Chelyabinsk impactor which injured nearly 1,500 people and damaged more than 7,000 buildings in February of 2013.

A partnership with yeast and algae will enable spacefaring humans to use their waste products to produce food and plastics during long duration space flights.

The moon cycle from new moon through full moon and back to new moon again was used by many nations to regulate their activities and forms the basis of the Islamic lunar calendar. You might try making the interesting observation of the first visibility of the lunar crescent yourself.

The SpaceX 11 Dragon mission is the first time an American spacecraft has visited the space station since the NASA Space Shuttle Program ended in April of 2011.

Finding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach it's present location is exciting. It might even be worth real money.

Additional observations over the years have eliminated the possibility that Apophis will strike the Earth as it streaks by closer than the communications satellites on that lucky Friday the 13th of 2029.

About the size of a saltine cracker and having a mass of less than 2 dimes, the single-board Sprite spacecraft has all the essentials; solar panels, computing electronics, thermometers, gyroscopes, radio communication equipment and more.

Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.

Florence, the largest asteroid in more than 100 years comes near to the Earth.

Topographic features on rubble pile asteroids are produced in a novel way.

Cell phone technology will be used to explore our Moon. Lunar tourists will be able to use their smart phones after 2018.

A small asteroid tests planetary defenses.

The Moon is water rich and can supply lunar colonists with many of their needs.

Our solar system is a much less violent place than it used to be.

A new appreciation for our Sun is growing as we learn more about other suns and their families of planets. Go outside today and enjoy some gentle sunshine from our well behaved star.