For many years, space tourism has been a blossoming industry, stimulating development and financial investments for many companies. Much of the research and studies of the past decades has begun to come to fruition, as many of these companies begin to plan their first launches of manned vehicles.

The International Space Station has reached its final stages of growth in recent years. While the program is in flux between 2016 and 2020, tracking the International Space Station can still occur using websites. ISS tracking is a fun pastime for scientists and educators alike.

What does an MRI machine look like? To the casual observer, a magnetic resonance imaging machine looks like a large tube. However, this design is needed to house the magnet and other devices such as gradient coils, shims and thermal shielding necessary to conduct a proper scan of patients.

The Clementine Space Probe was a short-lived NASA mission using a robotic spacecraft. In 1994, the probe was launched to the Moon to study a variety of different facets of the lunar surface. While in orbit, one of the studies possibly located the presence of water on the Moon.

Since the genetic engineering of plants began in the 1980s, the common form of modifying an organism has been to introduce new genes. However, during the early part of the 21st century, a number of scientists found ways to modify existing genes to create new effects.