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Watch What Happens When You Wring Out a Washcloth in Space

Frank Pain — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:07:37 +0000

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield frequently answers questions, sent from Earth, via video. Well, this time around he was asked what would happen when he wrings out a wet washcloth in space.

What actually happens is pretty dang incredible, if you ask me.

NASA May Stage Angry Birds-Style Invasion of Martian Moon

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:49:36 +0000

The Angry Birds franchise turned to NASA for the development and promotion of their game Angry Birds Space. Now it appears the space agency is turning to the super-addictive game for their latest strategy to explore the great beyond. To probe Phobos, a tiny moon of Mars, NASA plans on launching, Angry Birds-style, what they are [...]

Hear the First Song Ever Recorded On the International Space Station

Tom Blunt — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:02:58 +0000

Even scientists have soul! Take a listen to ‘Jewel in the Night,’ by Colonel Chris Hadfield. Here’s the link for your listening pleasure. It so happens that several of the astronauts on the International Space Station are musicians, which means that the future could be full of similar transmissions from space. Even stranger: singer Sarah [...]

NASA To Market Motion-Sickness Nasal Spray

Dan Seitz — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:00:49 +0000

If you get motion sick, you’re probably looking for any form of relief. And a source of it is coming from an unlikely place: NASA. NASA actually spends a lot of money studying and fighting motion sickness: Being able to ward it off is vital to future space travel plans. But NASA isn’t also drowning [...]

NASA and Apple Engineers Develop $11,111 Coffee Maker

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:15:54 +0000

What happens when rocket scientists take on the coffee machine? The answer is a $11,111 coffee maker which brews java at the “perfect” temperature. The Blossom One Limited is the brainchild of Jeremy Kuempel. His development team for the device included engineers who’ve worked at NASA, Apple and the electronic car company Tesla. The very expensive piece [...]

NASA's "Curiosity" Rover Set To Land On Surface of Mars this Sunday [VIDEO]

Shay Hill — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:26:51 +0000

I watched a movie the other night that I had never heard of called “Mission to Mars” with Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins and Don Cheadle. Apparently this movie was released in 2000. It was interesting and somewhat farfetched, or so I thought at the time. It seems it is more realistic than I had imagined. I know we’ve already landed on Mars but this newest mission to the red planet is a little different in that “Curiosity” is a a robot chemist looking for signs of planet habitability.

Grandma Raided in NASA Sting For Trying to Sell Moon Rock

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:28:44 +0000

NASA officials recovered a tiny piece of a moon rock in a raid targeting a 74-year-old woman who tried to sell it at a California Denny’s restaurant.

The raid was the result of a five month investigation into the missing lunar material that netted a “speck of lunar dust smaller than a grain of rice.”

First Humanoid Robot In Space

Wes — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:56:59 +0000

The future is here. The first robot with human traits will be taking off with the shuttle on February 24th. Read more after the break.