The Far Side of the Moon Has Phases and Now You Can See 'Em (Video)
• space.comA new video from a NASA satellite orbiting the moon brings the phases of the far side of the lunar body into the light.
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Best 3D View of Deep Universe Reveals Astonishing Details (Video)
• space.comAstronomers have just released a brand-new, best-ever 3D view of the deep universe, and it's a doozy.
Mars One Finalist: 'Sowing the Seeds' of a New Civilization (Op-Ed)
• space.comI have always been in awe of the night sky, trying to comprehend the vastness of space and the countless wonders it contains.
Could Virgin Galactic's Spaceport America be put up for sale?
• gizmag.comThe past year has been a mixed bag for the commercial space industry, with successful launches from the likes of SpaceX, but also a few mishaps, including a tragic Virgin Galactic crash that claimed the life of one pilot.
Rocket flown through northern lights to help unlock space weather mysteries
• gizmag.comThe northern lights are more than one of nature's most awe inspiring sights, they are an electromagnetic phenomena that can adversely affect power grids and communications and navigation systems.
Mars One reduces colonist pool to 100
• http://www.gizmag.com,By David SzondyThe Mars One project aimed at starting the first permanent human settlement on the Red Planet has reduced its pool of prospective colonists to 100 candidates.
GROUND STATIONS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: THE SATNOGS STORY
Written By: • LetterWhen you think of satellites, you may think of the Space Shuttle extending its robot arm with a huge piece of high-tech equipment waiting to pirouette into orbit. This misconception is similar to picturing huge mainframes when thinking about computers.
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NASA's Making Parking Spots On The Space Station For Commercial Taxis
• popsci.comIt's so hard to find a decent place to dock in low Earth orbit
WHY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DIE ON MARS
• http://www.popsci.com,By Daniel EngberMORE THAN 200,000 ASPIRING SPACE EXPLORERS VOLUNTEERED FOR A ONE-WAY TRIP TO MARS. ARE THEY INSANE?
Mystery Mars haze baffles scientists
• http://www.bbc.com, By Rebecca MorelleThe vast plume was initially spotted by amateur astronomers in 2012, and appeared twice before vanishing.
The sun has gone quiet again...
• http://vencoreweather.com,The main driver of all weather and climate, the entity which occupies 99.86% of all of the mass in our solar system, the great ball of fire in the sky – has gone quiet again during what is likely to be the weakest sunspot cycle in more than a centu
NASA has released images of the other side of the Moon that we've never seen before
• http://www.businessinsider.com,A number of people who've seen NASA's annual lunar phase and libration videos have asked what the other side of the Moon looks like, the side that can't be seen from the Earth.
NASA has released images of the other side of the Moon that we've never seen before
• http://www.businessinsider.com,of Nasa GoddardA number of people who've seen NASA's annual lunar phase and libration videos have asked what the other side of the Moon looks like, the side that can't be seen from the Earth.
Strange show spotted high above Mars' surface remains mysterious
• ars technica3 years ago, the Red Planet put on a bit of a show for anyone with a telescope big enough, and an eye trained enough, to spot. As the Terra Cimmeria region of Mars' Southern Hemisphere rotated into view, a faint bulge rose above
NASA tests TGALS glider-based satellite launch system
• gizmag.comRecently, DARPA unveiled its ALASA system for launching satellites from fighter planes.
Tubes on Mars
• arcleinHowever, soon I obtained graphics software and started investigating direct in the science data for myself much closer and more carefully. I quickly determined that the "tubes" were actually a long line of many side-by-side short ridges parallel to
Elon Musk is getting $3.5 million to write a book about Earth and Mars
• http://www.businessinsider.com,NICHOLAS CARLSONElon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, is taking on a new project.
Spacecraft captures one of the closest photos of Mercury we've ever seen
• http://www.businessinsider.com, ANDREW R. BROWNThe valiant MESSENGER spacecraft made Earth, Venus and Mercury flybys before its Mercury orbit four years ago. Soon it'll crash into Mercury, but for now … new images!
SpaceX HOVER-SHIP landing scuppered by MASSIVE ocean waves
• http://www.theregister.co.uk,Gore-sat escapes carnage, heads to outer space
SpaceX Leases Florida Launch Pad for Rocket Landings
• http://www.space.com,By Mike GrussSpaceX plans to convert a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, into a landing pad for the reusable rocket boosters it is developing to power its Falcon family of rockets.
Asteroid Miners May Get Help from Metal-Munching Microbes
• http://www.space.com,by Mike WallAsteroid mining may become a multispecies affair.
SpaceX Won't Try Rocket Landing on Drone Ship After Satellite Launch Today
• space.comSpaceX has scaled back the daring rocket-landing test that it plans to perform after it launches a space weather satellite today (Feb. 11).
ESA Successfully Test-Flies Mini-Spaceplane
• popsci.comThe future of space travel is all about reusability
Unsung private space industry milestone met: Column
• http://www.usatoday.com,Glenn Harlan ReynoldsInternational law allows for space prospectors, and the FAA gave one company the green flag.
The Forgotten Artifacts Neil Armstrong Brought Back From The Moon
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepHis widow discovered a bag in his closet, soon after his death. It seems no one else knew about it, until now.
NASA Finds Mysterious Bright Spot on Dwarf Planet Ceres: What Is It?
• arclein"Yes, we can confirm that it is something on Ceres that reflects more sunlight, but what that is remains a mystery," Marc Rayman, mission director and chief engineer for the Dawn mission, told Space.com in an email. The new images show areas o
Rosetta Spacecraft, First to Orbit Comet, Finds Surprises Aplenty
• News LinkDrama abounded when Europe's Philae probe landed on a comet last November?"especially when the lander bounced a half mile into the air before its final touchdown, then quickly lost power. But Philae's mother ship, the European Space Agency's
Private firms exploring moon mining
• Red OrbitThe lunar landscape is attractive for possible mining activities, and the presence of the polar water ice has "more than anything else… kindled interest in mining the moon," Corfield explained Monday in a statement, "for where there is ice, there i
Exclusive - The FAA: regulating business on the moon
• http://www.reuters.com, By Irene KlotzThe United States government has taken a new, though preliminary, step to encourage commercial development of the moon.
Planetary Society's LightSail to make first test flight in May
• gizmag.comThough we tend to think of private spaceflight as being in the SpaceX league, it also includes many smaller-scale efforts.
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