Author: Robbi Drake

  • NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Blog Notes

    NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Blog Notes

    NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly has been keeping notes from his time on the Space Station. This is his third year, or third Christmas in space.. He posts some gorgeous photos of his time there that we’d like to share with you this holiday season. Visit the International Space Station and Scott Kelly Social Media Pages…

  • Rare Christmas Full Moon Adds Holiday Treat

    Rare Christmas Full Moon Adds Holiday Treat

    As you glance up at the Skies on Christmas this year, you’ll be seeing something that you normally don’t see on the holiday. Not since 1977 has there been a full moon in Christmas Day. This event isn’t going to happen again until 2034, by which time many of us won’t be around.. If you…

  • Three Astronauts Return to Earth Safely

    Three Astronauts Return to Earth Safely

    Three crew members from the International Space Station returned to the surface of Earth on Friday at 1312 GMT. The trio set foot safely on Kazakhstan in the middle of a snow storm after spending 141 days in space. Kjell Lingren of the United States, Oleg Kononeko of Russia, and Kimiya Yui are all glad…

  • NASA Seeking Interested Mars Travelers

    NASA Seeking Interested Mars Travelers

    NASA will start looking for candidates who want to take part in a mission to Mars or other space missions. The astronauts have to be American citizens with at least bachelor’s degree in the areas of physical science, engineering, mathematics or biological science. The other requirements include three years of related experience or 1000 flight…

  • Water Bears in Space

    Water Bears in Space

    There is a belief that nothing can survive in space. Scientists though have discovered new facts about tardigrades. These “water bears” have 1/6 of foreign genomes in them that allow them to survive in space. This is without any kind of protection and many studies suggest that there might be some alien DNA in these…

  • NASA Television

    NASA Television

    WOW – NASA TV! Did you know that NASA actually has a television station where you can watch the space station live every week?

  • Space Turkey

    Space Turkey

      The astronauts aboard the International Space Station are not able to step outside and fire up the turkey fryer, and there isn’t a big oven they can use to create their turkey dinner. Those problems aside, they do still get some of the things that they like that let them celebrate. According to NASA,…

  • US Space Rocket Debris Found

    US Space Rocket Debris Found

    Here’s A Unique Find – Space Rocket Debris A quite large section of a rocket that is American in nature was found floating in the sea near the Isles of Scilly. Scientists and Coast Guard believe it is likely the unmanned rocket that exploded in Florida in June. Called The SpaceX Falcon 9,the rocket blew…

  • 3D Photos of Pluto Show Ice Volcanoes?

    3D Photos of Pluto Show Ice Volcanoes?

      Ice Volcanoes Unique To Pluto NASA’s recent 3D images of Pluto show two mountains on the dwarf planet that could be ice volcanoes. Scientists called the objects cryovolcanoes and say that the formations could have been active in the recent past. Pluto’s ice volcanoes cover a huge area and rise to over 3.5 miles…

  • Space Tourism is Available for Would be Astronauts

    Space Tourism is Available for Would be Astronauts

    What is it like to view the earth from space? Space tourism is a great way to do this. The only catch is that you have to be prepared for the price tag of one round trip ticket. Just pre-booking a flight already costs 100,000 USD. Each trip is supposed to provide a few short…