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The first American woman in space said this was the dumbest question the...
On June 18, 1983, astronaut Sally Ride made history by becoming the first American woman to blast into space. She was one of three mission specialists aboard NASA's Challenger shuttle, adeptly...
View ArticleThis is why no one can legally own the Moon
When space became the new frontier, the Outer Space Treaty was established to prohibit any country from claiming land on the Moon or any other planet.Produced by Joe Avella. Written by Jessica...
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The forgotten moon landing that paved the way for today's space adventures
Crashing into a planet is seldom a good idea.If you’re trying to travel to another world, you’re likely to land at tens of kilometers per second unless you do something serious to slow down.When Neil...
View ArticleThis is NASA's most powerful rocket in history—and it's going to Mars
NASA is designing the most powerful rocket in history. It will launch the Orion space capsule on a journey to Mars.Produced by Kevin Reilly. Footage courtesy of NASA.Follow TI:On FacebookJoin the...
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NASA is almost out of a rare nuclear fuel — but it has a plan to double...
NASA is running out of plutonium. The space agency uses Pu-238 to fuel many of its deep space missions, including New Horizons, Voyager, the Curiosity rover, and the Mars 2020 rover.These long-lasting...
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This NASA pavilion broadcasts sounds from satellites
Some 500 miles above Earth, a cluster of satellites float, collect, and transmit data from space. They gather valuable information on the planet's oceans and atmosphere and beam it down to the...
View ArticlePlaying ping pong in space with a water bubble looks incredibly fun
European Space Agency engineer Tim Peake demonstrates the fun that can be had with water in zero gravity.Produced by Matthew Stuart. Video courtesy NASA.Follow TI:On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
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Here's the surprising thing astronaut Mike Massimino misses most about space
Astronaut Mike Massimino has logged a ton of time in space. Between his two launches in 2002 and 2009, he's floated around in weightlessness for about three and a half weeks total.That's a lot of time,...
View ArticleNASA's Spirit Mars rover found mysterious growths on Mars that could be the...
Four billion years ago, Mars looked a lot like Earth does today. So it's not surprising that a team of scientists believe that they may have discovered the first signs of ancient alien life on the...
View ArticleThis mesmerizing animation reveals hidden magnetic currents emitted by the sun
NASA has released a computer model that shows the sun's beautiful, unpredictable, and invisible magnetic field lines.Produced by Darren Weaver. Original reporting by Dave Mosher.Follow TI: On...
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The US is launching more rockets this year than anything we've seen since the...
CAPE CANAVERAL - US private space companies Space Exploration Technologies and United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, have scheduled more than 30 launches from Florida...
View ArticleThis tiny European country is making a huge bet on mining — in space
The tiny country of Luxembourg wants to make a big impact in space.Produced by Maya Dangerfield. Video courtesy of Reuters and Pond5.Follow TI: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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The fastest object humanity ever launched was a manhole cover — this is the...
When I first heard this story, I didn't believe it.How could an iron manhole cover be the fastest human-made object ever launched?I honestly pictured something akin to the exploding manhole covers that...
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This photo of gas streaming from a black hole is the 'highest-resolution...
What do you get when you combine 15 radio telescopes on Earth and one in space? You get an enormous “virtual telescope” that is 63,000 miles across. And when you point it at a distant black hole, you...
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The latest Pluto image reveals what looks like icebergs in a sea of frozen...
Pluto is pretty much covered in water ice. We've known that for a while now.In fact, the very first image that NASA's new New Horizons spacecraft sent back during its close flyby of the dwarf planet...
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China just released photos of its first moon landing and the rover that made...
The Chinese Lunar Exploration Program released photos of its first moon landing to the public late last month.It took place in 2013, when China set its rover, called Yutu — Chinese for "Jade Rabbit"—...
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A tiny European country just made an unprecedented move in the space mining...
The Luxembourg Government became the first European country to express serious interest in the potentially lucrative business of asteroid mining on Wednesday. Some have gone so far as to say that...
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Astronauts crave spicy food in space — here's why
The food situation is space is as complex as you might imagine.NASA food scientists have the arduous task of keeping space-bound astronauts not only satiated and healthy with fortifying and nutritious...
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We toured the 'Disneyland of space exploration' that existed long before NASA
If we're ever going to see astronauts living on Mars like we did in the 2015 film "The Martian," the groundwork for such a mission will come from an unusual facility in Southern California.Just five...
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Astronaut reveals the weirdest thing that's ever happened to him in space
When you cram half a dozen astronauts into a football-field-sized space station that swoops around Earth at 180 miles per hour in microgravity for weeks or months on end, things are bound to get...
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