Untold Story of First Man in Space
On the 80th birthday of the birth of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, we hear from some of his friends and relatives.
Author: Taath
Highlights of the Night Sky – March 2014
What will you be able to see in the night sky in March 2014? This short video gives you a great insight in what to look out for.
Warp Drive Project – NASA
Nasa are working on a warp drive project. Essentially, the empty space behind a starship would be made to expand rapidly, pushing the craft in a forward direction — passengers would perceive it as movement...
Was the Universe Born in a Black Hole? – Horizon
What was there before the Big Bang? Many new theories are taking shape including this one which suggests that the Universe was born in a black hole. What was there before the Big Bang...
Near Earth Asteroids – March 5th – 12th 2014
Asteroid 2014 DX110 will paseds between the Moon and the Earth on March 5th and a total of 18 near Earth asteroids will pass close to us between March 5th – March 12th.
NASA’s Search for Life Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
NASA is now planning a mission to send a craft to Europa with the purpose of searching for life below the thick ice. Mission will probably not launch for another ten years or so....
Launch of NASA & JAXA’s GPM Core Satellite on Japanese Rocket
A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory blasted off from launch pad 1 at the Tanegashima Space Center at 1:37 p.m. EST on Thursday,...
715 New Planets Discovered by NASA’s Kepler
Launched in 2009, the Kepler Space telescope mission is to find Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars in the Constellation Lyra. It used the so-called transit technique – looking for the periodic dips in light as...
What if the Earth STOPS Spinning
Interesting documentary looking at what would happen if the Earths spin slowed downa nd eventually stopped.
Space Technology Transfer
Here are two examples of how technology developed for space applications has successfully been transferred to other uses.
How Can Mars Be Transformed Into A Habitable Planet
A look at how humans may one day make Mars habitable.
Passport to Pluto and Beyond
New Horizons is a NASA mission designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon – a “double planet” and the...
The Future of Space Travel
The urge to explore will eventually save the human race from extinction. This means that space travel will eventually become then norm. Here is a great video featuring new technologies that will be needed...
The Space Shuttle’s Last Flight – 2011 Documentary
This definitive documentary charts the rise and fall of the most ambitious space programme ever undertaken, the space shuttle.
Deep Space Probes
Travelling billion of miles from Earth, unmanned probes, are carrying out longer more complex missions then once ever imagined. They are helping to solve the mysteries of the Universe without endangering human life.
Will There Ever Be A First Alien Encounter?
Many prominent scientists consider extraterrestrial life to be plausible, but the scientific community does not currently recognize any verifiable evidence of such life.
