Tag: NASAs

It’s hard to believe, but it was only 100 years ago — back in 1923 — that humanity first realized that the Milky Way galaxy didn’t encompass the entire Universe. That key discovery was made by Edwin Hubble, who, while observing what was then known as the Great Nebula in ...

While NASA provided important oversight, guidance, and assistance for the mission, it was a private company that stuck the landing — well, almost. Unfortunately, the spacecraft had a major technical glitch with the computer software. This caused it to land sideways, thus cutting the mission...