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On a day like today, the news we all really want to hear is about NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) giving freaking GODZILLA his own constellation. According to NASA, Godzilla is made up of….you guessed it, Gamma ray pulsars and blazars: Godzilla ranks as one of cinema’s most famous monsters and is among the […]

Now, don’t panic when I say “national mythos” in the headline of this review. I’m in no way suggesting the moon landing was a myth. Apollo 11 and the wider Apollo project at large is a part of the American psyche and it’s own historic construct – the individuals involved were all larger than life, […]

According to a study published in the periodical Science, Italian researchers believe they have detected a stable body of water on Mars. The abstract of the body of the study via Science reads: The presence of liquid water at the base of the martian polar caps has long been suspected but not observed. We surveyed […]

Be still my little nerd heart- those wonderful madpersons over at NASA have once again proven their multi-dimensional nerdiness by naming two new small satellites after a pair of perfect Pixar characters, Wall-E and Eva. The two cubesats (small, suitcase-sized satellites) are on a mission to report on Mars- and they’re hitching a ride aboard […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO and modern-age Steve Jobs, Elon Musk has announced what he’s going to be sending into space next month as part of the launch of the Falcon Heavy from Cape Canaveral’s legendary Apollo 11 launch pad – 39A. Tonight he first teased that the launch would be exciting, “one way or another.” […]

NASA said today that Eugene A. Cernan has died at the age of 82. Cernan was the spacecraft commander of Apollo 17, which launched on December 6th, 1972 and returned to Earth 13 days later. He had previously flown in space as part of the Gemini IX mission alongside Tom Stafford in 1966, and then […]

For every mission NASA launches, the main crew takes a ‘class’ photo.  Normally, these photos are pretty straight forward, everyone stands together in their uniforms and smiles for the camera. THIS team however, well, they’re in a special class all their own: You can read more about the mission here, but just take a moment […]

Fresh off this week’s record numbers for the ABC series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.LD., we have our first look at the concept art for the Marvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. What is that? Well, here is the press release from Marvel from last week detailing their vision, key points being the partnership of NASA, Marvel, and Discovery Times […]

On May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he commanded Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission.  Here is a fantastic one on one “oral history” interview with Alan from NASA’s archives, and here is the full mission video: (The Right Stuff had Scott Glenn in the role of Shepard.)

Admit it, you thought we were joking with this headline, right?  Well, we’re not! Remember when NASA was taking proposals to design their new generation of space suits?  After almost two months, we have a winner.  With 233,431 votes, the “Technology” option has won NASA’s Z-2 Spacesuit design challenge with just over 63% of the […]