NASA set to announce ‘major science finding’ on Sept. 28th

Big news seems to be heading our way from NASA. The space agency will be holding a press conference on Monday, September 28^th. It’s said they be detailing a “major science finding” and that a big Mars-related mystery has been solved. The press con will be happening at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The people leading the event include: Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters; Michael Meyer, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters; Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta; Mary Beth Wilhelm of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California and the Georgia Institute of Technology; and Alfred McEwen, principal investigator for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Source: io9

Get your ‘regular dose of space’ with NASA’s Tumblr account

NASA keeps extending its reach in the social media space. This time the space agency is coming to Tumblr with not one but four new accounts. The main account will have different images and videos of NASA’s work. The other three focus on specific areas. One is dedicated to updates on the Mar’s Curiosity rover. Another follows astronaut Peggy Wilson as she trains for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. And the last one follows NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter. If you want to keep track of what the space agency is doing, you can follow them here, too.

Source: NASA | Via: The Verge

Video: How Curiosity made it to Mars in one piece

If you thought Curiosity landing on Mars was pretty cool, check out this video that shows the extreme engineering and incredible planning that went into sending the rover to Mars. What's more, the computer that is running Curiosity is a heavily modified Apple Airport Extreme. That's right, a modified WiFi router! Based off a PowerPC 750 (PowerPC G3) chip clocked at around 200MHz with 256MB RAM topped off with 2GB of flash storage, how brilliant is that.

Source: NASA JPLNews