Google exec sets a new record for highest-altitude jump
Alan Eustace former Google exec, jumped from a balloon and make highest-altitude jump, a stratospheric exploration record at over 135,000 feet.
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NASA is testing lighter space suits for asteroids
NASA plans human deep space missions, including a voyage to a relocated asteroid. Care is being taken to efficiently use space inside Orion. So is
Stepping into the Orion Crew Module
NASA astronauts Cady Coleman and Ricky Arnold step into the Orion crew module hatch during a series of spacesuit check tests conducted at the Space
NASA’s Concept of Asteroid Capture
This how NASA intends to capture an asteroid: NASA’s FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it
NASA’s Space Environment Simulation Lab
The Space Environment Simulation Lab (SESL) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, was built in 1965 to be used for thermal-vacuum
Man and Machine
NASA and General Motors have began working together in 2007 on Robonaut 2, or R2, which in 2011 became the first humanoid robot in space.
Freefall from edge of space
Felix Baumgartner an Austrian extreme athlete and the Red Bull Stratos team are in the stage of final preparations for their attempt to break Colonel
Snowboarding Display tech in Space
In a joint release today, it is announced that Recon Instruments’ head-mounted display technologies will be evaluated at NASA-led field tests to be conducted in
After Earth- where and how
Earth won’t always be fit for occupation. We know that in two billion years or so, an expanding sun will boil away our oceans, leaving
Spacewalk
Earth is reflected in the helmet visor of NASA astronaut Alvin Drew, STS-133 mission specialist, as he participates in the mission’s first session of extravehicular
