Some of the moon soil collected by Apollo astronauts has deteriorated significantly during its four-plus decades on Earth, a new study reports. Scientists found that the median particle size in a set of 20 different Apollo soil samples held in laboratories for...
Credit: ‘Imiloa Space exploration, our greatest adventure, is having a big impact on our lives. It is helping us to discover a universe of unimaginable scale and beauty, and it is reaching down into our world and influencing the way we live. To Space & Back...
The Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another planet Credit:Coalition for Space Exploration The Mariner 2 was the first human probe to Venus that was launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 27 in 1962. Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another...
A two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launched on Aug. 12, 2015. Credit: University of Hawaii University of Hawaii Community College students watched their scientific payload spin into space on Wednesday when a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute...
Students are seen here with a NASA-funded science team on Kilauea’s lava fields. Credit: NASA In June, five student journalists from Stony Brook University’s Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science packed their hiking boots and hydration packs and headed to...
