Proba-3: set the controls for the verge of the Sun
By converging in orbit, a pair of small satellites will open a new view on the source of the largest structure in the Solar System: the Sun’s ghostly atmosphere, extending millions of kilometres out into space. To source
9/11 Remembered in Space Photos
<div data-cycle-pager-template=”” readability=”35.5″> NASA Commemorates 9/11 Anniversary Credit: NASA Fifteen years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that crashed planes into New York City’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania shocked the United States and the world. Satellites allowed U.S. officials to monitor the event from space. […]
NASA's Orion Space Capsule on Course for 2018 Trip Around the Moon
Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center work to get the Orion crew capsule ready for an unmanned trip around the moon in 2018. Photo taken Sept. 8, 2016. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s next-generation crew-carrying spacecraft remains on track to make a historic journey around the moon in 2018, agency officials say. The bulk structure […]
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How to Spot an Asteroid with Mobile Astronomy Apps
As they orbit the sun, the larger asteroids in the main belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter can be viewed in backyard telescopes, if you know where to look. The SkySafari 5 app allows you to search for asteroids by name and display their location on any date. In September 2016, asteroid Pallas […]
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity Takes 1st Flight with Mothership
A Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane took to the air under the wing of its massive mothership Thursday (Sept. 8), marking the first flight test for the private space travel company since a tragic accident in 2014. Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the Virgin Spaceship Unity, soared over Mojave, California, in a captive carry test […]
Visit to 'Armageddon Asteroid' Could Save Future Earth from Impact
An artist’s impression of asteroid Bennu, the target of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return mission. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The asteroid-sample-return mission that launched into space yesterday (Sept. 8) may help protect Earth from future life-threatening impacts by rogue space rocks. The target of the OSIRIS-REx mission is an asteroid known as Bennu, which circles the sun just […]
Space Telescope's 'Star Trek' Reveals 'Enterprise'-Shaped Nebulae | Video
By Steve Spaleta | September 9, 2016 10:37am ET NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is “boldly going where no one has gone before” with out of this world imagery of the cosmos. In honor of the 50th anniversary of ‘Star Trek,’ imagery of nebulae IRAS 19340+2016 and IRAS 19343+2026 that was captured by Spitzer has been […]
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 5-9 September 2016 To source
Hubble Peers into the Storm
Hubble sees a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. To source
Saturn Moon Titan's 'Shangri-La' Revealed By Probe | Video
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Rosetta’s descent towards region of active pits
Squeezing out unique scientific observations until the very end, Rosetta’s thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September towards a region of active pits on the comet’s ‘head’. To source
Call for Media: Rosetta’s grand finale
Rosetta is set to complete its mission in a controlled descent to the surface of its comet on 30 September. To source