Do you remember NASA’s spacecraft/probe “Cassini”, which is orbiting around Saturn and its largest moon, Titan? Recently, Cassini has captured some new natural-color images of Saturn and Titan. NASA has released the images on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Do you want to see the spectacular photos?
Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative and innovative projects. It’s a great platform for all to bring their projects and ambitions to life. Project creators inspire people to open their wallets by offering products, benefits, and fun experiences. Now, a new and an interesting project named “Space Elevator Science – Climb to the Sky – A Tethered Tower” is seeking fund through Kickstarter. Michael Laine, a former NASA engineer has claimed, a Space Elevator which can take robots and humans to the surface of the Moon “can be built today” as we already do have that technology to materialize it.
Have you ever imagined a biological lab in space (doesn’t matter big or or small) that will test cancer and other diseases? I’m sure, you haven’t. But now, it’s not time to imagine; rather it’s time believe. Civilian space agency NASA has decided to launch a mini lab at the International Space Station (ISS) which will diagnose medical conditions in space. This will be the world’s first “mini lab” in space.
A team at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, is developing a miniature satellite named “PhoneSat”. The most interesting thing is that the PhoneSat satellites will be powered by Google’s Nexus One and Nexus S smartphones. The project PhoneSat is been aimed to launch the “lowest-cost satellites ever flown into space.” Possibly, the PhoneSat may launch sometime in late 2012.
Successful landing of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on the red planet Mars on 5 August is a breakthrough. Now, just after two weeks of that successful and safe landing of Curiosity on Mars, the US space agency NASA has announced on this Monday (20 August) that it will send another mission to Mars in 2016.
Humanity has taken a leap forth in terms of knowledge with the successful landing of NASA’s new Mars rover – Curiosity. Curiosity finally landed on the red planet on Sunday night. The rover packs a range of high-tech science gears which will help it explore the planet in detail.
London Olympics 2012 has begun with a lot of glittering lights and buzzing sounds. The opening ceremony enchanted all. The civilian space research wing, NASA, hasn’t lagged behind, too. Using satellites, it snapped this year’s Olympic host city – London. The iconic space agency has unveiled some photos of the present and past Olympics’ host cities.
In the childhood, almost everyone loved flying kite. NASA is bringing the childhood memories live again with their new airborne wind power system which incorporates the simplest technology of flying kite. Though it is an under-developing project but the test result of the prototype is very promising. The successful implementation will add a new phase in the evolution of renewable power generation. It will lead us to produce more efficient and sustainable energy.