CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly. With support from NASA, the firm, Systems and Materials Research … Continued
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BioFuelNet, Airbus and Air Canada partner to develop sustainable aviation fuels
BioFuelNet Canada has entered into an agreement with Airbus and Air Canada for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels. The first assessment is expected to begin by the end of this year. The agreement was announced at the Air … Continued
6 Obscure NASA Sites Every Nerd Has to See
NASA has Twitter down to a science. The agency knows the ins and outs of YouTube. It even even makes Google+ look cool. But what you may not know is that NASA has plenty of forgotten features all over its websites, just waiting … Continued
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
MOJAVE, Calif. — Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceship has made its first powered test flight. SpaceShipTwo fired its…
NASA ‘Inspired Science’ Challenge Winners Talk Live With Astronaut
CLEVELAND — NASA astronaut Don Pettit will conduct three live video chats Thursday, April 25, with 12 student teams whose science experiments won an agency-sponsored contest. Pettit, a veteran of one space shuttle mission and two long-duration expeditions aboard the … Continued
Just like The Real World? Reality TV stars wanted for one-way Mars mission
Are you the type to suffer from terrestrial wanderlust? Have you always dreamed of building a colony in space? Would you be prepared to leave Earth indefinitely? If you (seriously) answered yes any or all of these questions, you might … Continued
Drones Will Create 100,000 Jobs, Report Predicts
By Tim Fernholz, Quartz
Commercial drones, which are expected to be approved for use in the U.S. in 2015, will create 100,000 jobs in 10 years, adding $13.7 billion to the American economy, according to a new study.
The study was published by the Ass…
Canadian takes on top job in space, as commander of international station
MONTREAL – For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, a Canadian will take charge of the giant orbiting space lab. The transfer of command to space veteran Chris Hadfield will be marked Wednesday by the … Continued
The Drones are Coming – VERY Rapidly
Drones have been a major success in military areas in recent years. And this success is now rapidly translating into commercial areas.I wrote a blog some months ago on this topic and even in this brief period, a lot has been happening.In Australia, r…
Curiosity Rover’s Self Portrait at ‘John Klein’ Drilling Site, Cropped
This rectangular version of a self-portrait of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013). The rover is po…
NASA’S Orion Lands Safely on Two of Three Parachutes in Test
NASA engineers have demonstrated the agency’s Orion spacecraft can land safely if one of its three main parachutes fails to inflate during deployment.
Lockheed Martin completes final assembly on NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft
Lockheed Martin has completed the final assembly for NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, which is scheduled for launch in November 2013.
How’s Living in Space? Ask Astronauts in Google Hangout
On Feb. 22, NASA will host the first Google+ Hangout live from on board the International Space Station orbiting 240 miles above Earth. NASA astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn, along with the Canadian Space Agency’s Chris Hadfield will be … Continued
Iran Claims to Have Launched This Monkey Into Space
Iran is claiming to have successfully launched a monkey into space and brought it back alive, according to Iranian state television.
Iranian television says the craft carrying the monkey reached 72 miles above the Earth before safely returning, as re…
Deep Space Industries formed to exploit near-Earth asteroids
A newly-formed company, Deep Space Industries, has announced a plan to mine asteroids flying by the Earth. The company intends to send small, lightweight…