Only a select lucky few of the 6,300 will make it, but first, NASA needs a new ride. Even though NASA doesn’t have any ships to send riders out of orbit, that hasn’t slowed down the applicants from lining up for the chance to join NASA’s famous team of astronauts during the latest hiring campaign. View full article »
Tag Archive: Space
NASA's "Blue Marble" Photo
NASA took this incredible high-definition photograph of our planet with their next-generation Suomi NPP satellite, launched on Oct. 28, 2011. This is a photographic image created from multiple scans taken with the satellite’s Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). View full article »
Millenium Falcon?
MSNBC.com – An ocean exploration team led by Swedish researcher Peter Lindberg has found what some are suggesting is a crashed flying saucer.
For Sale - Only $28.8 Million
Los Angeles (CNN) — NASA announced Tuesday the new retirement homes for the four remaining space shuttles — three historic orbiters and the program’s test vehicle.
Alien life found in CI1 carbonaceous chondrites
Aliens exist, and NASA has the evidence to prove it.
Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, says he has found conclusive evidence of alien life in the fossils of bacteria found in an extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites. There are only nine of these meteorites on Earth.
(Chicago Tribune) The Nation of Islam, long known for its promotion of black nationalism and self-reliance, now is calling attention to another core belief that perhaps isn’t so well-known: the existence of UFOs.
The Department of Defense (DoD) launches a secret mission to the Moon after Apollo 17. There is not much attention to this mission as excitement around Moon missions has died off. The astronaut’s purpose is to investigate possible alien life reported during previous lunar flights. Watch the trailer…
Ronald Reagan, "I saw this white light... It was zigzagging around..."
NASA has stated that half of all stars in the universe have Earth-like planets orbiting around them. Several scientists, politicians and other public figures have stated their belief in the existence of aliens and UFOs…
Hoax theorists point to the "rippling" flag as evidence the landings were faked. There is no wind on the moon.
(AccuWeather.com) NASA recently held an event that they named a “Tweetup” where 100 followers were invited by random from 400 applicants. The attendees attended several different science talks, including a presentation by Natalie Batalha, deputy science team lead of NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler mission. Batalha discussed Kepler’s latest finds, which were just announced: 1,235 potential alien planets, including 54 that may be habitable by life as we know it.
The Mars Manuscript
What if everything you knew about the space program was wrong? What if mankind had set foot on Mars long before the first unmanned probes reached it?
Roswell, NM
July 8, 1947: Just a couple of days after a shiny cylindrical object crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, the Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release that says the military has recovered the remains of a “flying disc.” Although the statement was quickly retracted to be a weather balloon, the announcement set the groundwork for the most controversial UFO cover-up of all time.
SYDNEY — “A bright spiralling light, believed by astronomers to be a rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, was spotted in skies across Australia’s east coast just before dawn Saturday, sparking a UFO frenzy,” reports the AFP. View full article »
Robbie Williams forked out $14.5 million last year on a seven-bedroom country mansion in England, said to have been inspired by his fascination for aliens. View full article »
'Super 8' looks super awesome!
While it’s not expected to arrive in theaters until next summer, the new J.J. Abrams-directed and Steven Spielberg-produced Area 51 movie “Super 8″ is already generating a lot of attention.
When this baby hits 88mph...
There’s something very comforting when a scientist as well regarded as Stephen Hawking admits to keeping quiet for fear of “being labeled a crank” reports Chris Matyszczyk for CNET.com. View full article »
Would Aliens attack us?
Alien encounters may seem like sure-fire winners to Hollywood, but one of the world’s most famous scientists thinks they may be “too risky” be be worth seeking.
NASA UFO evidence
This compilation includes many NASA UFO encounters/sightings that were archived over the years. All of these examples were captured on film by NASA astronauts or Russian Cosmonauts over the past half-century – showing many amazing examples from different eras – Gemini, Apollo, Apollo/Soyuz Test Project, Skylab, STS, the ISS, plus a couple Russian-source additions from their unmanned Zond and Mir Space Station programs.
Branson's Virgin Galactic
(CNN) — British billionaire Richard Branson’s dream of space travel that thousands of people can afford took a leap toward reality with the maiden flight of the world’s first commercial spacecraft over California’s Mojave Desert.
“A newly discovered exoplanet is the first such alien world to resemble the planets in our own solar system, researchers announced Wednesday,” reports Andrea Thompson for Space.com / MSNBC.com. View full article »
“The official Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence or SETI is 50 years old – And we are apparently still alone,” reports Scott Lafee for SignOnSanDiego.com. View full article »
Earthquake "Rocked our world"
“The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth’s rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday,” reports Space.com.
International Space Station
USA Today has a very cool Flash timeline that shows the International Space Station being built section by section. Check out the website here.
Coast to Coast
“George Noory says his popular “Coast to Coast” overnight radio show will be back on a New York station shortly,” reports NYDailynews.com.
Can you hear me now?
“Aliens are less likely to be able to pick up signals from Earth and make contact – Fainter broadcasting signals and digital switchover mean Earth will soon be undetectable to extraterrestrials,” Robin McKie for Guardian.co.uk.
“The off-world paparazzi are out in force, speculating on the possibilities of alien life. Some scientists are initiating a much more active approach in pursuit of alien intelligence on other planets,” reports TopNews.us.
SETI Opens All Data and Coding to the Public – “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) just announced that it is releasing all information to the public. SETIQuest.org was launched on Wednesday to facilitate the release and help coordinate an ‘army of citizen scientists’ to help search for anomalies in interstellar microwave patterns,” reports Ole Ole Olson for NEWS JUNKIE POST.
That little dot is Earth
By NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE - This week marks the 20th anniversary of a photograph. It’s a very dramatic photo, even though, at first glance, it’s mostly dark and seems to show nothing at all.
But if you look closely, you can see a tiny speck of light. That speck is the Earth, seen from very, very, very far away.
Two decades ago, Candice Hansen-Koharcheck became the first person to ever see that speck, sitting in front of a computer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California. “I was all alone, actually, that afternoon, in my office,” she recalls…
It's a mine field of satellites
‘My Debris field is bigger than yours,” reports Jeremy Hsu for Popular Science. “Space debris remains one of the biggest challenges for a space-faring humanity in the 21st century, as even the smallest pieces can pose a serious threat to satellites, manned spacecraft and the International Space Station – Now our friends at Fast Company have stumbled on a nifty infographic by Austrian designer Michael Paukner that lays out the space clutter situation more clearly.”
The Airborne Laser Testbed (ALTB)
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced that its high-powered airborne laser successfully shot down a ballistic missile during a recent test.
NASA's Robot Astronaut
With the Obama administration axing a proposed manned space flight back to the moon, this could be just the right time for a robot that’s also an astronaut. Far fetched? Check out what NASA and General Motors just created.
