NASA's plan to replace the Space Shuttle and return astronauts to the Moon and possibly Mars has been controversial right from the start. And now there's a strong hint that the Obama administration will directly intervene and ...READ»
Here's another poke in the eye for people who gripe that the space industry is a waste of money: Technology originally developed by NASA as an insulator for spacecraft has been incorporated into a new implantable medical device ...READ»
Designer Leonardo Manavella has come up with a concept device that turns urine into drinkable water. The H20 purifier, meant for emergency situations and areas where drinking water is unsafe, requires users to urinate on the ...READ»
A mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis announced this week that he will use Twitter from space during the shuttle's next mission in May.
If you're wondering whether NASA has some kind of built-in tweet software on ...READ»
Cisco CEO John Chambers is "healthily paranoid," he told the BBC today. Maybe that's why he's planning to spread sci-fi, panopticon-esque vigilance across entire cities and even ecosystems, in a collaboration with NASA ...READ»
UPDATE: If you're as April Fools'-obsessed as we are, you've probably spent the entire day trolling the Internet for pranks. And because so many big-name brands stepped up, we all had a lot to enjoy. (See our ...READ»
Even the best helicopters are loud, rickety gas guzzlers, and a big reason for that is the rotors themselves. As each blade cuts the air, it creates a turbulent wake; the next blade passes through that wake, causing it to ...READ»
NASA's set to launch an extraordinary satellite today that has a particularly exciting mission. Kepler is being called the first spacecraft with the ability to peer at distant stars and distinguish if a particular type of planet is ...READ»
Just the other day, an influential group of ex-astronauts--including Buzz Aldrin--publicly called for a new direction in the U.S. space effort, demanding more human space flight and even a Department of Space. And it's just possible ...READ»
Tuesday saw a strangely historic event occur--the first accidental collision in space of two orbiting satellites: a 1,200-pound communications satellite in full-working order, and a 1-ton aging Russian satellite that's been presumed ...READ»
President Obama may have promised an eco-friendly and science-centric term in office, but it looks like the Washington political machine has other ideas right from the start. The economic recovery "stimulus" funding package has just ...READ»
NASA has revealed details on its latest prototype robot designed to rove around on Mars, and compared to the lumbering brutes that have been sent to the Red Planet so far, this new one is so spry and skilled at climbing that even ...READ»
The Tribot may look a little like something you'd find barring traffic at a construction site, but actually it's a sophisticated robot designed to gather data for climate and environmental research from difficult-to-reach ...READ»
The International Space Station is nearing completion, and with the looming demise of the Space Shuttle program and significant gap before the next-gen Constellation-class rocket is available, a replacement set of launchers is needed. ...READ»
The end of an era is rapidly approaching: Soon the skies will shake no more to Space Shuttle stacks rocketing into orbit, and the world's first real space ship will go gently into retirement. It's so soon, in fact, that NASA's beginning to plan ...READ»
