Tag Archives: NASA

William Shatner’s role in Star Trek sure is paying-off. William has received NASA’s highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Medal. Many of you might wonder why is NASA giving William this honor, is it because he did good in Star Trek. Well, not exactly. William Shatner has been part of several projects of NASA over the years, Shatner has ... Read More »

The super typhoon Haiyan which left of path of destruction in Philippine has been photographed by an astronaut from space. This photo was taken one day after it hit Phillipines. The typhoon doesn’t seems to be weakened by this impact on Phillippine and seems strong as ever. Haiyan’s next target is Vietnam. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg spotted Typhoon Haiyan through ... Read More »

The Orionid meteor shower, which has been known to produce bright fireballs, can be seen in the sky beginning after midnight, on early October 21. The Orionids are an annual meteor shower which last about a week in late-October. Sometimes meteors may occur at rates of 50-70 per hour, and the best way to spot them is to look up. ... Read More »

Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the Moon, who took the giant leap for mankind has died. He was 82. The legendary astronaut was reportedly recovering from heart surgery. Armstrong became the focus of the entire planet on July 20, 1969, when his Apollo 11 spacecraft reached the moon and he took the first steps on its surface, ... Read More »

Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world’s first commercial supply ship. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, the first one into the docked capsule, said it reminded him of the cargo capability of his pickup truck back home in Houston. “The smell inside smells like a brand new car,” Pettit reported. ... Read More »

A massive sunspot group has taken shape on the surface of the sun and soon it might start spouting off some powerful storms. The huge sunspot complex, known as AR 1476, rotated into Earth’s view over the weekend. It measures more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) across, researchers said. Scientists with NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory mission, a space-based telescope watching ... Read More »

We’re less than a week away from the scheduled launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, and today the company will fire the engines at the Kennedy Space Center with the rocket firmly anchored to the ground. The static test is somewhat unusual for a rocket seven days before launch, but the test is part of a full dress rehearsal for ... Read More »