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Velcro-Like Material May Protect Future Rocket Engines

Silicon carbide 'fuzz' stands up to heat and abuse. (more…)

SpaceX Plans Manned Journey to Moon in 2018

The private space company is planning to send humans to the moon next year. (more…)

NASA Considers Adding Crew to First SLS Flight

As NASA's biggest rocket nears launch, they must weigh the risk of adding a crew. (more…)

Dragon Spaceship Reaches ISS

SpaceX's cargo supply which blasted off on Sunday has arrived at the ISS. (more…)

Seven Earth-Like Planets Discovered Around Nearby Star

Astronomers have discovered a star system 39 light years away with several earth-like planets. (more…)

SpaceX Launches First Rocket from NASA Pad

SpaceX just became the first private company in history to make use of NASA's launch pads. (more…)

New Method Could Help in Finding Alien Life

A new chemistry-based method could help scientists look for life beyond Earth. (more…)

New Measurements Made for Expansion of the Early Universe

NASA scientists suggest we may not yet understand the universe's early expansion. (more…)

Apollo Software Engineer Receives Medal of Freedom

Engineer receives highest US honor granted to civilians. (more…)

Impossible EM drive still being tested

Jury is still out on a fuel-less space engine widely considered to be a hoax. (more…)

NASA develops next-gen UAV, vertical takeoff but cruises like an aircraft

[youtube id="kXql26sF5uc"] Researchers at Langley Research Center are working on an electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that takes off like a helicopter but can fly efficiently like an aircraft. The 10 engines “Greased Lighting” (GL-10) is NASA’s next foray into the expanding world of UAVs. According to researchers, they have

Kenny Doan

09 Apr 2015

News

NASA: We’ll likely find life beyond Earth within 20 years

“It’s definitely not an if, it’s a when.” NASA scientists are certain that we’ll find traces of organic life somewhere in the vast universe within 10 to 20 years. The key ingredient, from what our science can understand, to sustaining life is water, and scientists believe that recent discoveries within

David F.

26 Jan 2015

NASA Science

New Horizons to begin taking photos of Pluto today

Today, the New Horizons space probe is close enough to Pluto, to begin taking the first photographs of the mysterious dwarf planet. (more…)

Kenny Doan

10 Nov 2014

News

NASA tests shape-changing aircraft wing surface

A company working closely with NASA is testing airplane wing surfaces that can change shape. FlexSys is currently testing out advance ‘shape-changing’ technology that—when applied to the surface of airplane wings—can potentially improve aerodynamic, and reduce noise during takeoff and landing. NASA and FlexSys call this new technology 'FlexFoil, or ‘variable

Kenny Doan

11 Oct 2014

News

Engineers ready first ever 3D-printed rocket for launch

There’s something about hobbyist projects and beers that somehow always yield promising results. A team of engineers, fueled by brews, in the UK has shown off a rocket that they’ve designed and built using mostly just 3D-printed parts. “You can do highly complex shapes that simply aren’t practical to do