May 2, 2016 NASA offers rocket rides for tiny Cubesats NASA aims to get many more tiny cubesats to space in the coming years.
May 2, 2016 Apollo 14 astronaut claims peace-loving aliens prevented 'nuclear war' on Earth From “The Day the Earth Stood Still” to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to “E.T.,” pop culture is filled with stories about friendly, curious extraterrestrials visiting Earth to learn more about mankind. For Apollo 14 veteran Edgar Mitchell that plotline is less fiction than it is reality. The sixth man to walk the surface of the moon told the Mirror that he believes peace-keeping aliens visited our planet to prevent a nuclear war between Russia and the United States.
May 2, 2016 Astronaut Chris Hadfield releasing 'Space Sessions' album recorded in orbit In the first single off of Chris Hadfield's new music album, the first album to be primarily recorded in space, the Canadian astronaut croons, "Can't stand on my own two feet, I just float away, I took a ride in a hot, hot seat, now I'm ready to play, far away."
May 2, 2016 How to watch the Perseids meteor shower Stargazers can enjoy the oldest meteor shower known to Earth overnight Wednesday. The annual shower, known as the Perseids, will peak at 3 a.m. local time Thursday, according to astronomers.
May 2, 2016 Perseid meteor shower gets a boost from dark Moon, Jupiter The Perseid meteor shower is the most widely observed and dependable annual meteor display of the year, and its peak this week has all the earmarks of being an excellent example of celestial fireworks, weather permitting.
May 2, 2016 Space Station astronauts make history, eat first space-grown veggies Astronauts on the International Space Station made history Monday when they munched space-grown vegetables for the first time.
May 2, 2016 Strange ‘figure’ spotted by Mars Curiosity Rover The truth is out there … maybe. A mysterious woman-like shape in a picture taken by NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover is creating buzz on social media.
May 2, 2016 NASA: Seats on Russian rockets will cost us $490 million NASA told Congress on Wednesday that it will have to spend half a billion dollars to pay Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
May 2, 2016 From a million miles away, stunning NASA images show the moon crossing Earth’s face A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has captured a series of stunning images of the Moon passing the Earth’s sunlit side.
May 2, 2016 16-year-old's DNA experiment will fly in space A 16-year-old New York City-area student will one day see her DNA experiment launched to the International Space Station.