Air And Space - Page 347

July 12, 2019

Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise recounts ill-fated mission: 'We never got to the edge of the cliff'

On April 11, 1970, NASA astronaut Fred Haise was preparing to follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and walk on the surface of the Moon.

July 12, 2019

Astronomers created a 'cosmic cheat sheet' to help look for aliens

Despite our best efforts, humanity has yet to find the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. So, we've decided to cheat.

July 12, 2019

NASA’s Hubble telescope detects supermassive black hole that defies theoretical models

NASA’s Hubble telescope has recently discovered a supermassive black hole that defies existing theories about the universe.

July 11, 2019

Exclusive: NASA administrator explains decision to replace head of human spaceflight programs

The longtime head of NASA’s human spaceflight programs has been replaced as the agency races to meet President Trump’s ambitious goal of returning American astronauts to the Moon in five years.

July 11, 2019

Earth has way more gold than the Moon and here's why

We may now know why the moon has so much less bling than Earth.

July 11, 2019

Meet the Ploonets! Runaway moons with delusions of planethood get astronomy's cutest name ever

What do you call a runaway exomoon with delusions of planethood?

July 11, 2019

NASA is building robots that can climb Mars, including an 'ice worm'

NASA is no stranger to building robots, having created ones that are currently exploring Mars, traveling to the International Space Station and ones that look like inflatable "aliens."

July 10, 2019

Apollo 11: NASA and the 'lost' Moon landing tapes

NASA has responded to recent reports of “lost” Apollo 11 Moon landing tapes, but is adamant that no footage of the historic mission has been lost.

July 10, 2019

Could NASA build the Saturn V today? It's working on it. With a twist.

For a few magic years in the 1960s and 1970s, a powerful rocket hefted humans towards the moon.

July 10, 2019

Massive, kilometer-sized asteroid was just found orbiting the Sun

A newly-found asteroid has been spotted orbiting the Sun, whizzing past the star every 151 days, the shortest orbit of any space rock on record.