By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on December 2nd, 2013 A comparison of planetary system KOI-351 with our own Solar System. Image Credit: German Aerospace Center.
“Second star to the right, and straight on ’till morning.”
— Captain James T. Kirk, ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ (1991).
It is unclear which types of planets did the fictional Enterprise crew […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 12th, 2013 [youtube_video]http://youtu.be/emdYmjj3Og0[/youtube_video]
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — Not too many people outside of the space industry know about the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, or “NIAC”; those that criticize the space agency would do well to review the work conducted under this initiative. Put simply, this is the […]
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By Jason Rhian, on January 4th, 2013 So, the United States can’t even get astronauts into low-Earth orbit, and there is a petition to have the U.S. build a starship? Photo Credit: AmericaSpace / Jason Rhian
The United States has barely regained the ability to send unmanned cargo to the International Space Station via SpaceX’s Dragon capsule and a petition […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 15th, 2012 The Dawn spacecraft, which is currently orbiting the large asteroid Vesta, has had issues with its reaction wheel crop up. This will cause its departure from the tiny world to be delayed. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will be staying at the large asteroid Vesta a little longer than originally […]
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By Jason Rhian, on July 31st, 2012 [youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj67YHeo_ac[/youtube_video]
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On Aug. 6 at 1:31 a.m. EDT NASA will have its Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity “beam down” to the Martian surface (albeit without the use of a nifty matter transporter device). To mark this historic, and dramatic, event none other than William Shatner and Wil Wheaton (Captain […]
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By Amy Teitel, on June 7th, 2012 A close up shows the damage to Enterprise's wing. Photo Credit: Dennis Jenkins via collectSPACE.com
It’s often said that when traveling, how you get where you’re going is more important more than where you end up. For the space shuttle Enterprise, its journey to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum in New […]
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By Jason Rhian, on September 7th, 2011
Star Trek actors, scientists and astronauts will all be on hand to help excite the public about space exploration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Image Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – With the shuttle era over, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is focusing on the many amazing unmanned missions […]
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By Jason Rhian, on August 16th, 2011 The 'Sci-Fi Summer' event at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex sets phasers to fun. Photo Credit: Alan Walters/awaltersphoto.com
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is looking to take guests where no one has gone before. During the “Sci-Fi Summer” that is going on now through […]
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