They are planning to launch 2 crew members in mid-2019
Planets may be tidally locked to their star resulting in perpetual day on one side
Juno's larger 53-day orbit allows for bonus science that was not part of the original mission design
The mine is famous for its huge crystals, some as long as 50 feet
Top award went to Thatcher Cardon, who designed the MACES perineal access & toileting system
Each STRI will receive up to $15 million over the five-year period of performance
Shawna Pandya said she previously interned with Nasa but does not have any affiliation with it now
Space agencies around the world have a shared goal of taking people to Mars
New method is 10,000 times more sensitive than current methods employed by spacecraft
Using over 100 images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft
The star is roughly 8 million years old and slightly less massive than our Sun
Moon has almost no atmosphere, so its surface is exposed to the harsh space environment
Humankind has visited rocky worlds and icy worlds and worlds made of gas, but never seen a metal world
'The comet has a good chance of becoming visible through a good pair of binoculars'
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured a stunning image of Saturn
'Spiders' are radially patterned channels found only in the south polar region of Mars
The image was captured by Juno's onboard camera, specially designed to click pictures of Jupiter's poles and cloud tops
ill date, scientists have only discovered one Earth trojan asteroid - 2010 TK7
Cassini began its new mission phase, called Ring-Grazing Orbits on November 30
NASA said it also plans to transfer Restore-L's technologies to commercial entities to help jumpstart a new domestic servicing industry