Mars or Bust

Below is NASA’s Earth Observatory description of this ISS photo: Nelson Mandela took the long view of South Africa. He saw the potenti...

NASA has issued an interesting video that recreates the famous Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photography that occurred this Christmas week 45 ...

Luckily, NASA is going into the new year with a functional International Space Station (ISS).  The recent space walks were a success (se...

With all the drama related to repairs to the International Space Station (ISS) , one can see NASA finally trumping Hollywood.  While we...

The image to the right is from NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) .  It shows the Great Pyramids at Gi...

While Curiosity has had a few recent problems , it has already had great success with its intended mission.  Last month's rock sample ...

SpaceX was not the only space mission dealing with problems last week.  The Mars rover Curiosity was also dealing with problems that delay...

As if last month's asteroid near miss and Russian meteorite was not enough to get the world's attention, we have more asteroids ...

The good new is that on Sunday the SpaceX Dragon successfully attached to the International Space Station (ISS) to resupply the crew.  Acc...

Elon Musk seems to be having much better luck in space than down here on Earth.  While SpaceX has been a great success proving his abilit...

While 2012 DA14 safely passed the earth on Friday, another unexpected rock plummeted to Earth and struck Russia (again) the very same day....

Just one idea from the comic site Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal :

With the pending approach of a large asteroid the day after Valentine's Day, one which will come between us and the moon, it is reason...

This Cassini image captures a massive storm on the surface of Saturn that lasted about 267 days before petering out last summer.  Here is ...

These past few weeks have seen a number of space launches, including: --  Japan:   On January 27, Japan launched a two satellites into ...

Tonight on PBS you can see Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope , marking the 10th anniversary of the shuttle disaster.  The PBS specia...

If we want to have a future in space, we need to educate and motivate the children of today. One way to motivate children is to let them s...

With all of the attention on Curiosity, we sometimes forget about the earlier Mars rover Spirit that was rolling around on the Red Planet...

Do you remember the calls to NASA back in 2011 related to the non-existent Apollo 18 mission following the movie by the same name? NASA...

The story in the Orlando Sentinel starts this way:   Does anyone need a 15,000-foot landing strip? How about a place to assemble roc...