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'Year in Space': Documentary Chronicles Astronaut Scott Kelly's Epic Voyage
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who is wrapping up an unprecedented 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station. Credit: PBS A new documentary takes viewers inside the International Space Station to experience a year in space alongside NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who is just finishing his stay on the orbiting complex. The hourlong PBS-Time Magazine documentary, […]
Back on Earth: Astronaut Scott Kelly Faces Gravity After 1-Year Mission
After zipping around Earth for nearly a year, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly must now get used to living on the planet’s surface again. Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth with a landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan late Tuesday (March 1), ending their unprecedented 340-day stay aboard the International Space Station. Shortly after […]
Smithsonian's Moon Photo Exhibit Shows Off Stunning Views from NASA Probe
This view of the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University The moon shines in high-definition imagery in a new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Visitors can enjoy a display of 61 large prints taken from the Lunar […]
'Buried Giants' in Space Set Crimson Space Clouds Aglow (Video, Photos)
Crimson gas clouds in space shine bright with reflected light in this new view from a European Southern Observatory telescope in Chile. The light comes from young stars that are buried deeply in a surrounding dust cloud. The region is called RCW 106, and is located about 12,000 light-years away in the southern constellation Norma […]
Uncertainty Surrounds Asteroid Near-Earth Flyby Next Week
This graphic depicts the orbit of asteroid 2013 TX68, which will fly by Earth on March 8, 2016. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth during this flyby or in the foreseeable future. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A decent-size asteroid will zoom past Earth next week, but astronomers aren’t sure exactly when the flyby will happen, or […]
China Readies Next Human Space Mission for Launch This Year
Artist’s concept of the Tiangong-1 in Earth orbit. Credit: CMSA China is set to launch its second space laboratory – Tiangong-2 – in the third quarter of this year. That launch is to be followed by the liftoff of the piloted Shenzhou-11 spacecraft. The state-run Xinhua news agency has reported that the fourth quarter launch […]
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Images at lightspeed
The SpaceDataHighway precursor has helped raw data travel from space to ground and be processed into an image of the Brazilian coast in a record-breaking 13 minutes To source
Google Lunar X-Prize: The Private Moon Race Teams (Images)
The Google Lunar X Prize is an international challenge to land a robot on the lunar surface, have it travel at least 1,650 feet (500 meters) and send data and images back to Earth. The first privately funded team to do all of this before the end of 2017 will receive the $20 million grand […]
Home Again, At Last: Soyuz Capsule Brings Astronauts to Earth
The Soyuz-TMN-18M brings the Expedition 46 space explorers home. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls After a record-setting 12-month stay on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth yesterday (March 1). Cosmonaut Sergey Volkov returned with them after spending six months in space. A stunning photograph snapped by veteran […]
End of 1-Year Space Mission 'Bittersweet' for Astronaut Scott Kelly (Video)
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has mixed emotions about being back on Earth after nearly a year in space. Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko touched down on the steppe of Kazakhstan late Tuesday (March 1), wrapping up their unprecedented 340-day stay aboard the International Space Station. (Cosmonaut Sergey Volkov came home with them, but his space […]
British Astronaut Reveals LEGO Minifigures of His Space Station Crew
LEGO minifigures of the Expedition 46 crew are now on board the International Space Station. Credit: ESA/Tim Peake Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko, the first astronaut and cosmonaut to log a year on the International Space Station, left a little bit — or rather a little version — of themselves on the orbital outpost before […]