All the stories tagged with space
NASA commissions space washing machine for astronauts’ dirty laundry
11/30/2011, It seems that when you’re in space, you will no longer have the luxury of changing your underwear everyday. Instead astronauts only get to change their underwear every 3-4 days. This is due to the costs of sending goods into [...]
Stanford is building the “world’s largest” digital camera
11/11/2011, A team at the Stanford University are working on what they are calling the world’s largest digital camera, which was designed to be used to capture images of faint astronomical objects. The camera is being built for the Large Synoptic [...]
R2 robot sends tweets from space
08/25/2011, While Japan’s Tweeting-robot won’t be in space until 2013, NASA’s R2 robot that has recently awakened at the International Space Station has started sending us Tweets from space. It has been reported that the R2 (Robonaut 2)’s twitter account @astrorobonaut [...]
China prepares for “Armageddon” scenario
08/22/2011, Have you heard of 99942 Apophis? If you haven’t, it’s a 46 million tonne, 1,600 foot wide asteroid that’s currently hurtling our way. Before you rush off and start packing and preparing for shelter, not to worry as it is [...]
Cocoon Grid-It! used in NASA experiment
08/15/2011, One of the best ways to attract the attention of the public when you’re selling a product is by attaching big names to it. And that’s what Cocoon Innovations did when it got NASA to use its Grid-It! storage system [...]
AstroClip lets your iPhone photograph the cosmos
07/22/2011, We know that the iPhone 4 is one heck of a popular camera. People pull it out of their pockets to snap photographs all the time but this usually happens in social events and random situations. But what if you [...]
Project Calliope wants to turn atmospheric measurements into music
05/19/2011, In one of the more interesting Kickstarter projects we’ve seen recently, Sandy Antunes, has plans to send a satellite into space to convert the ionosphere into music that people can listen to. But he can’t do it without your help. [...]
Fujifilm 3D camera brought to space by the European Space Agency
04/20/2011, In an official announcement from Fujifilm UK, they have stated that the European Space Agency (ESA) has brought one of their 3D cameras into outer space to record stunning 3D movies in space as well as to capture 3D images. [...]
NASA announces where space shuttles go to rest
04/12/2011, In a ceremony held at the Kennedy Space Center today, NASA’s Administrator Charlie Bolden announced where all the space shuttles that have taken their final flights will go to rest. In addition to announcing the resting places of the shuttles, [...]
Space suit that generates energy when moved
04/08/2011, A team of college students that have been conducting NASA research on the innovative ways to use nanotechnology recently made an exciting breakthrough. They’ve managed to come up with a suit that can harness all the energy generated by a [...]
NASA’s Mars rover: Curiosity almost complete
04/06/2011, The NASA rover, Curiosity, which had to abandon its plans to bring 3D cameras to Mars, is almost ready for its mission later this year. NASA has just announced that the exploring vehicle is nearing its final stages of completion [...]
SpaceX to launch the world’s most powerful rocket in 2013 or 2014
04/05/2011, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has just announced their plans for the Falcon Heavy – the world’s largest and most powerful rocket. The Falcon Heavy will have the ability to carry satellites or interplanetary spacecraft weighing over 53 metric tons or [...]
NASA to broadcast Soyuz events and launch in HD
04/01/2011, Great news for fans of the NASA TV HD channel. The space administration has officially announced that the launch for their next space mission will be broadcast live on the NASA TV HD channel. The mission that sees the ISS [...]
