NASA Explains First Supermoon Lunar Eclipse in 30 Years (Video)
In a video, NASA explains a supermoon
In a video, NASA explains a supermoon
NASA's Kepler mission confirmed discovery of the
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic
A NASA flying saucer that will hopefully
A photo by the Cassini spacecraft shows the rings of Saturn, with Earth a faint blue dot in the distance. (NASA/JPL/Cassini/Guillermo Abramson)
Carl Sagan once famously referred to the Earth as, “where we make our stand.”
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft photos from over 900 million miles away are simply breathtaking. Looking at that pale, blue dot he described suddenly makes sense. It’s our home – but just one tiny speck barely visible in the infinitely vast reach of space.
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With the “Curiousity Rover” the planet Mars has been at the forefront of NASA news, however, NASA recently gave Mercury a bit of a slot in primetime.
A manned mission to Mars is still described by those who aspire for its possibility as the “ultimate objective” for the U.S. space program. However, it is too distant in time and simply too costly to serve as a guide for short-term, manned space activities.
