Solid Rocket Moon Booster fired up for critical test
Today NASA, alongside engineering giant Northrop Grumman, celebrated after they successfully ignited a massive solid rocket booster in Utah. The two-minute test put the Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) hardware through...
Why are there so many Mars Missions blasting off this year?
Mars 2020: the hunt for life on the red planet is about to get serious Illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech Next spring is going to be a...
NASA’s Mars Helicopter all set for Next Red Planet Mission
Ingenuity, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, is set to travel with the American agency’s latest Mars mission scheduled to blast off later this month. A recent article in the New York...
NASA Eyes Far Side of Moon for Giant Radio Telescope
NASA believes that a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon might be perfect for alien hunting. NASA has announced it is funding research for a giant radio...
NASA successfully deploys the James Webb Telescope’s HUGE mirror
The successor to Hubble - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - has been successfully tested for the very first time.
Astronomy student discovers 17 new planets
An astronomy student from the University of British Columbia has discovered 17 new planets by combing through data gathered by NASA's Kepler mission.