Onward!: NASA Selects Next Destination for New Horizons in Kuiper Belt

By Paul Scott Anderson, on August 31st, 2015

Artist’s conception of New Horizons at 2014 MU69. Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker

It has been nearly a month and a half since the historic flyby of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft, and now the mission team has selected its next target for exploration: a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 […]

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Our 'Glowing Moon': LADEE Spacecraft Discovers Neon in Lunar Atmosphere

By Paul Scott Anderson, on August 18th, 2015

Artist’s conception of the LADEE spacecraft orbiting the Moon. Its findings will help scientists to better understand thin exospheres, such as the one our own Moon has. Image Credit: NASA Ames/Dana Berry

The existence of neon gas in our Moon’s ultra-thin atmosphere has been confirmed for the first time, by NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere […]

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Scorching Hot Venus May Have Once Had Oceans ... of Carbon Dioxide

By Paul Scott Anderson, on December 30th, 2014

Radar image of the northern hemisphere of Venus, taken by the Magellan spacecraft. Radar is necessary to see through Venus’ perpetual cloud cover. Image Credit: NASA/JPL

The continued exploration of the planets and moons in our Solar System have revealed many strange things, including that Earth is not the only place with oceans […]

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NASA Awards Contract for Gaseous Nitrogen Supply

By NASA, on August 3rd, 2013

Image Credit: Air Liquide

NASA has awarded a contract to Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP of Houston to supply gaseous nitrogen to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This will include the continued operations and maintenance of the Kennedy pipeline system.

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