nasa

NASA revealed yesterday that its Kepler Mission has confirmed the existence of a habitable planet. The planet is 2.4 times the size of Earth and it orbits its star at a distance that would allow liquid water. The planet is named Kepler-22b.

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission Friday morning. Thousands gathered to watch the blast off, the final of the 30-year-old shuttle program, CNN reported.

It’s an amazing sight — and something you’ll never see it on this planet. A 90-minute storm on the surface of the Sun was captured on video by NASA last week.

The first Montana satellite chosen to ride on a NASA space mission -- a small research satellite that involved more than 125 Montana State University students over five years -- is set to launch on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Glory is a climate satellite that will measure the sun's energy output and the distribution of tiny airborne aerosol particles in the upper atmosphere, Klumpar said...

It has been 25 years today since the Challenger tragedy that left millions of Americans in disbelief. The explosion of the space shuttle still looms in the minds of most which raises the question, "When will NASA make it's next big move, and will we ever make it to Mars?"