Physicists are drawing up plans for a new space mission that might carry out a sort of experiments in fundamental physics. The mission that will also involve placing an atom interferometer aboard a spacecraft aims to view the effects of quantum gravity for the first time. Other instruments would look … Continue reading
NASA astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper became the first MIT alumna to walk in the space during this successful STS-115 space shuttle mission, Sept. 9 through Sept. 21. Stefanyshyn-Piper spent more than 13 hours on two the extravehicular activities (EVAs) outside of space shuttle Atlantis as it was docked with the … Continue reading
After weeks of unsuccessful attempts at the communication, NASA scientists finally announced on Tuesday that the Mars Global Surveyor might get lost in space. Reuters reports the spacecraft then went silent on Nov. 2 after it signaled about this problem with a sticky solar panel. Scans have since displayed no … Continue reading
Iranian-born American entrepreneur ANOUSHEH ANSARI speak to us how she became the world’s first female space tourist and also ended up spending a week in the International Space Station. “EARTH is splendidly beautiful from space. Looking out through the International Space Station (ISS), I saw it with no borders and … Continue reading
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station now might want to take a few extra pains with their fresh grooming Wednesday morning: The crew is now scheduled to take part in the first high-definition television broadcast from space. “You could see the pores on their skin,” said project manager Kevin Hanes … Continue reading
Cape Canaveral (US), Nov 12: Space shuttle Discovery has been moved to the launch pad to await a launch that could be as early as December 7 – an effort to avoid potential New Year’s Eve computer glitches. The worry is that shuttle computers are not designed to make the … Continue reading
India’s space agency had recently approved plans for its first manned mission into space that is if successful, it would make India only the fourth nation to open an astronaut into orbit aboard its own rocket. The state-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said it aspires to put an astronaut … Continue reading
The Dawn spacecraft is in space! Well, not quite, but it is getting a taste of the space environment, courtesy of the team preparing it for its mission. Although the individual components of the spacecraft have already been tested, the point of the testing in Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Environmental Test … Continue reading