Leonard Nimoy Passing | Aldrin on Future Mars Colony | Test Driving a Nasa Crawler

Leonard Nimoy, Spock on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 Our Space.com family is extremely sadden by the loss of Mr. Spock. Rest in Peace Leonard Nimoy, as you journey past the final frontier.

 

US Needs a Mars Colony, Buzz Aldrin Tells Senators The United States must do more than just plant a flag on Mars if the country wants to reclaim its leadership in the field of human spaceflight, former moonwalker Buzz Aldrin told senators Tuesday (Feb. 24). Read More

 

Curiosity Rover Drills into Mars Mountain Again (Photo) NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has bored into rocks at the base of the towering Mount Sharp for the third time. NASA Probe Bound for Pluto Carries Piece of Pioneering SpaceShipOne A small piece of spaceflight history will zoom through the Pluto system this July aboard NASA's New Horizons probe.

 

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to Get National Academy of Sciences' Top Award The U.S. National Academy of Sciences will bestow its most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal, on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for his extensive efforts to take science to the masses. Read More NASA Celebrates Crawler-Transporters' 1st 50 Years with Test Drive NASA has marked the first 50 years of its tow rocket-moving crawler-transporters by taking one of them on a test drive. Read More Catching a Fireball in the Cold Frigid temperatures usually yield clear skies, but with the massive storms this winter, photographer Mike Taylor had to carefully plan a trip to snap the skies of Sandy Point, Maine, and he was rewarded for his effort: an unexpected fireball above the horizon. Read More

 

New Space Telescope Tech Could Be 1,000 Times Sharper Than Hubble A new type of orbiting telescope could take images more than 1,000 times sharper than those snapped by NASA's famous Hubble Space Telescope, the technology's developers say. Astronomy Guide: Tools, Tips and Equipment to Start Stargazing A beginner’s guide to amateur astronomy including basic tools as well as optional and aspirational equipment for more experienced stargazers. Private Mars One Colony Project Cuts Applicant Pool to 100 Volunteers  One hundred people are still in the running to become humanity's first Mars explorers.