News tagged with space center

Ghostly gamma-ray beams blast from Milky Way's center

(Phys.org) -- As galaxies go, our Milky Way is pretty quiet. Active galaxies have cores that glow brightly, powered by supermassive black holes swallowing material, and often spit twin jets in opposite directions. ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Iowa State students take a lighter, more autonomous 'lunabot' to NASA competition

Jared Peterson, working away in the Caterpillar Mechatronics Laboratory in Iowa State University's Hoover Hall, recently held up a small electric motor.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Shuttle Enterprise to fly over New York

The US space shuttle Enterprise on Friday leaves the US capital atop a Boeing 747 jet for a final flyover of New York City as it heads toward a museum where it will go on display.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Image: Orion ground test vehicle arrives at Kennedy

The Orion Ground Test Vehicle arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Operations & Checkout (O&C) Facility on April 21.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Space shuttle Enterprise to arrive in NY on Friday

(AP) -- Any new arrival to New York City wants to visit the sights - and the space shuttle Enterprise is no different.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Space shuttle Discovery lands at new museum home

(AP) -- The space shuttle Discovery went out in high-flying style.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Space shuttle Discovery ready for voyage to museum

(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery has one last mission to complete.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Space launch system program completes step one of combined milestone reviews

America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle -- the Space Launch System -- is one step closer to its first launch in 2017, following the successful completion of the first phase of a combined set of milestone ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

NASA launches suborbital rockets from Virginia

Milky white chemical clouds were briefly visible in much of the night sky along the Eastern seaboard on Tuesday after NASA launched a series of rockets to study the jet stream at the edge of the earth's atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Runaway planets zoom at a fraction of light speed

Seven years ago, astronomers boggled when they found the first runaway star flying out of our Galaxy at a speed of 1.5 million miles per hour. The discovery intrigued theorists, who wondered: If a star can ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

NASA reschedules Va. suborbital rocket launches

(AP) -- NASA is again rescheduling the launch of five rockets from Virginia due to bad weather.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Smithsonian plans festival to welcome Discovery

(AP) -- The Smithsonian Institution plans a four-day festival with NASA to welcome space shuttle Discovery into its collection in April.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missions

NASA said Monday it's not giving up on Mars, but it'll have to get there later and at a lower price.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 8

John Glenn reunites with 50-year-old Mercury team

(AP) -- John Glenn joined the proud, surviving veterans of NASA's Project Mercury on Saturday in celebrating the 50th anniversary of his historic orbital flight.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rain-soaked Madagascar again threatened by Cyclone Giovanna

Rainfall data from NASA's TRMM satellite revealed that parts of Madagascar's east coast received over a foot (30 cm) of rainfall from Cyclone Giovanna's passage, and new satellite data shows Cyclone Giovanna ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0