• NASA Renames Facility After Katherine Johson – Real Life Hidden Figure

    NASA Renames Facility After Katherine Johson – Real Life Hidden Figure

    NASA has officially renamed its Independent Verification and Validation Facility in Fairmont, West Virginia to the Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility. This is in honour of the West Virginia native and one of the space agency’s “hidden figures”. You might be familiar with Johnson as one of the lead characters in the movie Hidden Figures. Johnson…

  • Female Astronaut Cancels Spacewalk Due to Problematic Spacesuit

    Female Astronaut Cancels Spacewalk Due to Problematic Spacesuit

    Every morning, I read the news headlines to get a handle on what’s going on in the world. Today, I read an article about how NASA was planning an all-women space walk, but due to a “wardrobe” malfunction one of the women wasn’t going to be able to participate. No, I’m not talking about a…

  • Scientists May Have Discovered What Mars Used To Be Like

    Scientists May Have Discovered What Mars Used To Be Like

    When it comes to space exploration, it’s interesting that scientists want to study both the present and the past.  Why exactly?  We live in a time when we have access to a lot of technology, which gives us the capability of studying the past.  50 years ago, we didn’t have the same technology, which meant…