Developing a reusable rocket is not an easy task. Here's why NASA did not produce any reusable rockets in the past.
Brian S. asks: How did they get the space ships on the moon off when there is no oxygen there? Whether it’s two-strokes or four, one cylinder or eight, most of the engines we use today are powered by the internal combustion of fuel and air; however, mixing gasoline and oxygen isn...
A chance to visit NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. But while at the time U.S. Intelligence agencies thought their claims of secret Soviet spaceflights to be plausible, more recent evaluations of the so-called “Torre Bert recordings” have cast serious doubt on the Judica-Cordiglia broth...
Each pixel in the image corresponds to roughly 0.88 miles (1.4 kilometers) (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Shortly after Earth and Mars were born, they found themselves in a lengthy bout of cosmic bumper cars with comets and space rocks. A new study now suggests the...
Bill Whitaker: Is the backup pilot still in charge today? Rob Manning: The backup pilot's still in charge. We have since repaired the bad pilot. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab built its own patch of Mars, where they can practice maneuvers with Curiosity's twin, pictured here.CBS News ...