Not many would know that a new rocket launch might require so much water. NASA tested the water deluge system as part of the preparations for its new Space Launch System. These preparations also include shooting 450,000 gallons of water on to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA posted this video of … Read more
The MarCO mission by NASA was designed to find out if the briefcase sized spacecraft called the CubeSats could survive the journey to deep space. MarCO, which stands for Mars Cube One, now has Mars in sight. One of the twin MarCO CubeSats clicked this image of Mars on October 3rd. This is the first … Read more
When Godzilla made his screen debut long back in 1954, he was, like most Japanese media of the era, designed only for Japan. However, in the decades since, the King of the Monsters has expanded his dominion by appearing in theaters around the world. That international recognition even helped the kaiju earn his own star … Read more
A 12-pound meteorite from the moon recently got sold at a Boston auction for a whopping out of this world price of $612,500 on Friday. Geoff Notkin, the star of television’s “Meteorite Men” said that as soon as they saw this, they knew it was extraordinarily unusual and this is close to a once-in-a-lifetime find. … Read more
To his surprise, a farmer in Hanford, California found a piece of space junk while taking a casual stroll out to his walnut orchard. Amongst the trees, the farmer saw a large hunk of mangled metal, charred and scrapped as though it had been through hell. Iridium, the satellite’s owner, confirmed that it was indeed … Read more
China is planning to launch its own artificial moon by the year 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban areas. Its state media reported on Friday. Chengdu, a city in southwestern Sichuan province of China, is developing “illumination satellites” which will shine in tandem with the real moon but would be eight … Read more