nevrfail:

Ice prospecting robotic rover books a ticket for the Moon
While the Moon may or may not contain life forms, precious metals or even green cheese, recent satellite missions have indicated that it does nonetheless contain something that could …

ginnysgirl:

Earth From Mars by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.

romeitoiumono:

…don’t ever forget that!
And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.
?Neil deGrasse Tyson?

npr:

fromageetalpinisme:

Space shuttle flying over DC this morning.

The Space Shuttle taken from the roof of the NPR headquarters. -Savy

ikenbot:

The Tale Continues..
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
The brightly reflective moon Enceladus appears before Saturn’s rings while the larger moon Titan looms in the distance.
Jets of water ice and vapor emanating from t…

This gimballing rig was designed to test astronauts’ ability to right a tumbling aircraft. It’s formally called MASTIF or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility and it’s pictured operating in the Altitude Wind Tunnel at the (then) Lewis Resea…

NEW HORIZONS: SLEEPING AT 34,000 MILES PER HOUR
It’s sleeping, and only about the size of a piano. Yet it’s careening to the edge of our Solar System at an awesome 34,000 miles per hour. It’s the New Horizons spacecraft, covering nearly a mill…