Space Station Threshold

It's a great idea, so all the missions might as well join in. Earlier today, Ian reported on how the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is offering the chance for the public to 'ride along' to the moon by sending their names to be added to a computer chip which will be embedded on the [...]

If you think the discoveries made by planet hunters is exciting already, just you wait. There are some missions in the works that are going multiply the number of planets discovered, and zoom in on the holy grail of finding habitable planets around other stars. The next planet hunter being readied for launch is NASA's [...]

All right, this article from NASA is totally pandering to my Star Trek geekiness. I know I’m being manipulated, but I just… can’t… resist. According to NASA, their upcoming SIM PlanetQuest mission should be able to find Star Trek’s planet Vulcan. You know, Spock’s home? Okay, I’ll try and put this into ...