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Dragon splashdown

faradaysheadache wrote 14 minutes ago: I’m a few days late, but: Not sure where the image credit goes–I saw this on imgur. Welc … more →

Tags: Science, technology, Dragon, spaceflight

Rockin' Brian...

Rockin' Brian wrote 13 hours ago: Written in galaxies. Thank you to Bizibuilder. … more →

Tags: Mobile, Science, technology

SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns To Earth After First Commercial Flight To Space Station

George Arnold wrote 13 hours ago: SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:42 a.m. EDT a few hundred mil … more →

Tags: Agencies & Organisations, NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), unmanned spaceflight, NASA, News, Science, Space, spaceflight, SpaceX Dragon

NASA'S Commercial Crew Partner Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes Dream Chaser Flight Test Milestone

George Arnold wrote 13 hours ago: Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems successfully completed a “captive carry test … more →

Tags: Agencies & Organisations, Manned spaceflight, NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), Dream Chaser, NASA, News, Science, Space, spaceflight

NASA Begins Development Of Space Launch System Flight Software

George Arnold wrote 19 hours ago: HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA engineers working on the new Space Launch System (SLS) can now begin d … more →

Tags: NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), Agencies & Organisations, Manned spaceflight, Orion, Space, News, Science, spaceflight, NASA

Enceladus Plume Is A New Kind Of Plasma Laboratory

George Arnold wrote 19 hours ago: PASADENA, Calif. – Recent findings from NASA’s Cassini mission reveal that Saturn’ … more →

Tags: astronomy, Solar System, Cassini, Astrophysics, General Astronomy, unmanned spaceflight, Space, News, Nature

Dragon's Splashdown! (VIDEO)

J. Major wrote 22 hours ago: SpaceX’s Dragon capsule awaiting recovery in the Pacific on May 31, 2012. (SpaceX) This just i … more →

Tags: Chutes, Dragon, landing, Pacific, SpaceX, Splashdown, Video

Dragon Breathes Fire

Matt wrote 1 day ago: The new era of spaceflight has officially begun. SpaceX have launched its Falcon 9 rocket with the D … more →

Tags: Space, NASA, International Space Station, Space Station, Dragon, SpaceX, Falcon 9, elon musk

The Voyager Mission

faradaysheadache wrote 1 day ago: The last few posts have been serious and full of opinion.  Time for some fun facts. In 1977, two spa … more →

Tags: astronomy, technology, Voyager, Carl Sagan, heliopause

The Dragon Returns!3 comments

J. Major wrote 1 day ago: SpaceX’s Dragon capsule awaiting recovery in the Pacific on May 31, 2012. (SpaceX) This mornin … more →

Tags: Pacific, SpaceX, Dragon, Ocean, cots, Splashdown, Sea

Electric Moon Jolts The Solar Wind

George Arnold wrote 1 day ago: With the moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a major source of an invisible pull … more →

Tags: astronomy, Solar System, Sun, Moon, unmanned spaceflight, Space, News, Nature, Astronomy (2)

Chasing the Dragon

Pat Chiles wrote 1 day ago: Splashdown! The SpaceX Dragon has successfully completed its first demonstration mission to the Inte … more →

Tags: Aviation, Current Events, cool stuff, SpaceX Dragon, ISS, Dragon reentry, Tea Party in Space, NASA laundry service

NASA Preparing To Launch Its Newest X-Ray Eyes

George Arnold wrote 1 day ago: PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being pre … more →

Tags: astronomy, NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), Agencies & Organisations, General Astronomy, unmanned spaceflight, X-Rays, Space, News, Nature

Mars Missions May Learn From Meteor

George Arnold wrote 1 day ago: Scientists have tried to find out how the planet’s environment came to contain methane gas, which co … more →

Tags: astronomy, Solar System, Mars, Meteorites, Space, News, Nature, Science, Meteorites

NASA Lunar Spacecraft Complete Prime Mission Ahead Of Schedule

George Arnold wrote 1 day ago: PASADENA, Calif. — A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime … more →

Tags: astronomy, Solar System, NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration), Moon, Grail (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory), Agencies & Organisations, unmanned spaceflight, Space, News

The View From Up There

Pat Chiles wrote 4 days ago: ISS Cupola, courtesy NASA A really nice photo essay from astronaut Don Pettit, who blogs for Air … more →

Tags: cool stuff, Cupola, International Space Station, ISS, space smithsonian

I saw a Dragon this morning

The Prince of Pithy wrote 4 days ago: Well, I saw the light reflected from the ISS, part of which may have come from the SpaceX Dragon cap … more →

Tags: astronomy

Heroic Sacrifice

faradaysheadache wrote 4 days ago: In honor of memorial day, this post is dedicated to the astronauts of the Challenger, Columbia, and … more →

Tags: Apollo 1, Challenger, COLUMBIA, MEMORIAL DAY, NASA

Not Quite The Moon, But Progress

belindasgallery wrote 5 days ago: A new milestone in space this week, as the SpaceX craft successfully docked with the International S … more →

Tags: General, US Current Affairs, NASA, Manned spaceflight, SpaceX, International Space Station, technology


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