exploration

NASA's new Mars probe, Insight (believe it or not, the twits at NASA made that into an irritatingly complex acronym which I refuse to spell out), touches down tomorrow. This is a stationary probe, not a rover, and it is going to be prying beneath the Martian surface using probes and...

No, not the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. He's been dead for centuries. NASA announced today that the Kepler space telescope, named for Johannes, is no longer operational after nearly a decade due to using up its fuel. It lasted far longer than planned, completing not one, but two...

Yeah, I know. Some of you see it as a waste of resources and time and I get why. Doesn't stop me from being interesting or excited by it, though. Today is a big day in the space world. SpaceX's new baby (maybe, if the weather cooperates) gets its first flight. The Falcon Heavy is three of their...