An astronaut and a cosmonaut are wrapping up a nearly yearlong mission on the International Space Station (ISS) today (March 1), the longest in the 16 years since humans began continuously occupying the orbiting outpost. But Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko’s 340 days in space place only fifth on the list of the longest spaceflights […]
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted this photo on March 1, 2016, from the International Space Station, calling it his “last sunrise from space.” Credit: Scott Kelly (via Twitter as @StationCDRKelly) U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly bid farewell to Twitter at the end of his yearlong mission this morning with a sequence of five sunrise photos before […]
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The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA’s award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA’s New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget. To source
The ExoMars 2016 mission is planned for launch at 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET) on 14 March from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Representatives of traditional and social media are invited to apply for accreditation to attend a day-long event at ESA’s control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. To source
Although Tethys and Janus both orbit Saturn and are both made of more or less the same materials, they are very different worlds. To source
Comedian Chris Rock stands in for Matt Damon in a parody of “The Martian” shown during the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016. Credit: ABC “The Martian” was left stranded without any Oscars on Sunday night (Feb. 28) at the 88th Academy Awards. Ridley Scott’s science fiction film about a NASA astronaut (Matt […]
This artist’s illustration of the orbital crew-carrying spaceship planned by the private company Blue Origin was included in the firm’s NASA Space Act agreement to continue its work on a commercial crew space vehicle. Credit: NASA/Blue Origin Blue Origin is a company best known for being the first in the world to successfully land a […]
Space science image of the week: Tectonic activity and strong winds shape scenery on Mars To source
Scott Kelly, shown here in the cupola of the International Space Station, is about to complete his yearlong mission in space. Credit: NASA NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is scheduled to return to Earth tomorrow (March 1) after spending 340 days aboard the International Space Station. He is the first American to live in space for […]
Newly discovered planet GJ 1132b, a super-Venus very close to its parent star, could be a candidate to look for volcanic eruptions. Credit: Dana Berry Geologic activity on a planet is believed to be very important for life, but it can be hard to spot its signs from far away — especially on smaller, rocky […]
DigitalGlobe Chief Executive Jeffrey R. Tarr and Abdullah Alosaimi, chief executive of Taqnia Space, sign joint venture agreement to launch a constellation of at least 6 small imaging satellites. Credit: DigitalGlobe PARIS—Geospatial satellite imagery and services provider DigitalGlobe Inc. on Feb. 21 said it is forming a joint venture with the government of Saudi Arabia […]