Tang. Velcro. Teflon. Each is popularly known as a product of the space age, and yet none of them represent actual NASA tech spinoffs. The real truth...
Seeing Wildfires via Google Earth Monday, July 4th, 2011 Google, the U.S. Forest Service, and NASA have teamed up to make sure that people all over the world can see one of the...
NASA's Super Cooling Technology Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 NASA researchers developed a new technology called electrohydrodynamic (EHD)-which promises to make it easier and more...
A New Kind of Comet? Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 NASA scientists are baffled by a comet called Hartley-2. "We haven't seen a comet like this before," says Michael Mumma of...
Fuel is a major issue when it comes to long-duration spaceflights - its weight is a problem for launch and once a spacecraft runs out of fuel there's...
NASA Next Gen Spacecraft Unveiled Thursday, March 24th, 2011 On October 11, 2010 President Barack Obama canceled NASA's Constellation Program. The program aim was to develop the means...
New Type of Moon Rocks Discovered Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 Scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, have discovered a new type of moon rock thanks to the Moon...
Cosmic Snow Storm Observed Friday, February 25th, 2011 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's EPOXI mission recently observed a cosmic snow storm originating from the...