Horizons Encounter Phase with Alan Stern | Moon Mining | Mars Heli Drone

Bringing Pluto into Focus: Q&A with New Horizons PI Alan Stern An interview with Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission, which will fly by Pluto on July 14.

 

Moon-Mining Company to Use Historic Florida Launch Complex A historic launch complex that helped send NASA probes off to explore the solar system is being pressed into service again, this time by a moon-mining company. Read More

 

Google Lunar XPrize Milestone Awards Announced The Google Lunar XPrize has just announced more than $5 million in milestone prizes, boosting five teams in their accelerating race to the moon. 'Faster-Than-Light' Illusion Could Help Unveil Cosmic Secrets A faster-than-light experiment could be a real-world tool for studying the cosmos, according to research presented earlier this month at the 225th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle.

 

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Patrick Stewart Narrating NASA's 'Trek' to Mars in 'Journey to Space' Actor Patrick Stewart, who helmed the USS Enterprise on Star Trek: The Next Generation, is lending his voice to the movie Journey to Space. Read More Tiny NASA Helicopter Drone Could Explore Mars One Day NASA's future Mars rovers may get a bird's-eye view of their Red Planet surroundings, thanks to tiny helicopter scouts. Read More They Want to Believe: UFO Hunters Plan Database to Track Sightings The Mutual UFO Network is developing a tool that allows people around the globe to report their possible extraterrestrial sightings. Read More