See The One Year Journey Of Curiosity On Mars In Just Two Minutes [Video]

Almost a year passed since Mars rover Curiosity landed on Mars. Within this time, Curiosity has drilled and dug Mars and collected samples of the red planet. However, lately NASA has published a two-minute long video along with the help of 548 images that Curiosity captured with its fish-eye lens hazard-avoidance camera (Hazcam) mounted at the rover’s front during its mission so far.

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[Video] How Astronauts Wash Hair While In Space

Due to zero gravity, it’s really tough to do things normally in space as we do on Earth. And to let us know how complex it is to get habituated or do things in space, NASA has released a video where how 43-year-old astronaut Karen Nyberg manages to wash her hair at International Space Station (ISS).

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Help Scientists Solve Big Genetic Mysteries Of The Brain

NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) is always excited by new citizen science opportunities, where members of the general public can help scientists solve big mysteries. Now a new Zooniverse project has been launched in association with the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Medical Research Foundation (MRF): Worm Watch Lab, where you can help scientists solve mysteries of the brain by watching 30-second videos of microscopic worms and hitting your keyboard when the worms lay eggs.

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PayPal Envisions Galactic Money Transfer Initiative For Space Travelers

Space travel by anyone but astronauts seems too far in the future still. But PayPal believes that the time is upon us and is collaborating with a number of other companies to launch a galactic money transfer initiative. The initiative would attempt to devise ways through which payments could be made for, let’s say, moon-bars.

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Curiosity Preparing To Set Off For Its Last Journey

More than ten months have passed since Mars rover Curiosity set ‘foot’ on the red planet Mars. The rover’s final destination on Mars is the Mount Sharp. Now, after spending ten long months on Mars, wandering around, Curiosity is preparing to set off for its final journey – to Mount Sharp.

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Buzz Aldrin Plans On Taking People To Mars By 2035

Neil Armstrong was the first person who landed on the Moon first, but can you remember the name of the second person who landed on the Moon after Neil Armstrong? It’s Buzz Aldrin (also know as Edwin Aldrin). Recently, 83-year-old Buzz Aldrin announced that he plans to take people to Mars by 2035.

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Hubble Images Show Ring Nebula Is A ‘Football-shaped Jelly Doughnut’

For long time, scientists, researchers and astronomers have thought that Ring nebula, an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other gases, is shaped like a bagel. But the latest images captured by NASA’s Hubble space telescope reveal that it looks more like a jelly doughnut because it’s filled with ‘material in the middle.’

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Boeing Supersonic Airliner Concept Takes A Test Flight

Aviation industry has evolved quickly over the recent years and we have seen concept designs of many new airliners. But the new supersonic airliner concept, being developed by Boeing, trumps all other contemporary designs. The company is currently testing a mockup of this concept at NASA facilities.

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