Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Will Launch Rockets and Spaceships from Florida
This story was updated at 1:45 p.m. EDT. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of private spaceflight company Blue Origin and founder and CEO of Amazon.com, announced today that Blue Origin will make Florida’s Space Coast its home port for reusable rocket launches. Blue Origin , which Bezos founded in 2000, will […]
Blue Origin Invests $200 Million In Florida Launch Complex | Video
On September 15th, 2015, Amazon / Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos announced intentions to revitalize Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 36, site of the Mariner, Surveyor, Pioneer and other launches. Florida governor Rick Scott is excited that 300+ jobs will thus be created on the ‘Space Coast.’ (Full Story) Credit: NASA To source
3,000th Comet Spotted by Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
On Sept. 13, 2015, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA — discovered its 3,000th comet, cementing its standing as the greatest comet finder of all time. Prior to the 1995 launch of the observatory, commonly known as SOHO, only a dozen or so comets had […]
Andreas back on Earth
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Andreas Mogensen returns to Earth after completing his iriss mission To source
Halfway Home: One-Year Space Crew Rallies for 6 More Months Off Earth
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is spending a year in space during his Expedition 44 mission to the International Space Station. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are flying the yearlong space mission to study the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body.Credit: NASA Two space travelers on the International Space Station are entering rarely […]
ESA Moon challenge
ESA invites university students around the world to compete in designing a mission scenario for the next step in space exploration: a human–robotic partnership for exploring the Moon To source
Hail Hydra! A Monstrous Constellation Explained
The slithering head of Hydra, marked in red, moves its way into the northern latitudes, seen here of the pristine lake of Llyn y Fan Fach in the Brecon Beacons Dark Sky Reserve in Wales, U.K.Credit: Copyright Huw James Media Huw James is a science communicator, fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and guest lecturer […]
European Astronaut Uses 'the Force' to Control Rover from Space
Demonstrating one small step for rover operations, a European astronaut successfully maneuvered a machine on Earth in precision operations from his perch 248 miles (400 kilometers) high on the International Space Station. Sept. 7, the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen helped demonstrate the first “force feedback” using a rover controlled from space. With […]
Partial Solar Eclipse 2015: See Photos from Space, Skywatchers
ESA’s sun-watching satellite Proba-2 captured Sept. 13’s partial solar eclipse three times as it orbited the Earth; in each, its extreme ultraviolet SWAP imager caught the moon approaching and overshadowing part of the sun.Credit: ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium When the moon blocked the sun in a partial solar eclipse on Sunday (Sept. 13) a European […]
Partial Solar Eclipse of Sept. 13, 2015 in Photos
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A partial solar eclipse occurred on Sept. 13, 2015. See photos from the event by skywatchers in South Africa and a satellite in space. To source
'Star Trek' Fan's Chief O'Brien Book Beams onto Kickstarter
Jon Adams’ Web comic, “Chief O’Brien,” follows the exploits of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Chief O’Brien, responsible for beaming crewmembers on and off of the ship. A new graphic novel delves into O’Brien’s day-to-day life.Credit: Jon Adams While fans of “Star Trek” love to talk about “away missions” to the surface, a new Kickstarter […]
Magma Oceans on Jupiter's Moon Io May Solve Volcano Mystery
This composite image of Jupiter’s moons Io (top right) and Europa shows three volcanic plumes on Io’s surface, the largest 190 miles (300 kilometers) high. Two smaller plumes are also visible on the edge of the disk and along the illuminated border.Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Something strange is happening on Io: The […]
Good Morning From the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 10, 2015. Kelly wrote, “#GoodMorning Texas! Great view of you, the #moon , and #Venus this morning. #YearInSpace” To source