News

Mercury Didn’t Have A Satellite, So We Gave It One

The planet closest to the sun better be on its best behaviour, because we’re watching it. As of last night NASA’s Messenger probe is the first man-made satellite ever to orbit the planet Mercury. What do we hope to find?


July 1, 2010
In Real Life

NASA’s VR Headset Looks Like That Thing You Made In 4th Grade

The ’90s may’ve given us Blink 182 and stonewashed denim, but I very much doubt NASA will be reviving 1993′s virtual reality system alongside those other comebacks, seen here modelled on a (presumably) taken-advantage-of intern.