Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: After more than 270 days of Antarctic isolation, the first plane touches down at Europe’s Concordia research station To source
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Lego Spaceport Set Is Out of This World: Q&A with Its Designers
We finally got our hands on Lego’s new Spaceport set, and it was awesome — so we reached out to the kit’s designers to hear more about it. After two hours of construction (and a video! ), Space.com was impressed by the Spaceport’s scale and all the different little parts: a robotic arm bearing a […]
Got Milky Way? Cows Surprise Skywatcher During Night Sky Photo Shoot
While photographing the night sky, one photographer got quite a scare from an odd noise in the dark distance. “I thought the sound could have been a moose running our way,” astrophotographer Stephen Ippolito told Space.com in an email. “Low and behold there were about 5-6 cows that came running towards us when they heard us talking […]
Pandemonium! Motion of Pluto's Moons Perplexes Scientists
The orbits of Pluto’s four smallest moons are even more chaotic than scientists had expected, according to new results from the New Horizons mission, which made a close flyby of Pluto in July. “The way I would describe this system is not just chaos, but pandemonium,” Mark Showalter, a co-investigator on the New Horizons mission […]
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Rosetta tells us what she’s learned in her first year living with a comet To source
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, August 2015
JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, August, 2015 Last Updated: November 10, 2015 This is JAXA’s Japanese astronaut activity report for August, 2015. JAXA astronauts support the HTV5 mission Launch of the H-IIB rocket with the HTV5 on board (Credit: JAXA) On August 19, at 8:50 p.m., the H-II transfer vehicle (HTV) “KOUNOTORI” (white stork) 5 was […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Result of the high-altitude drop test of a simulated small return capsule to establish return technology
Result of the high-altitude drop test of a simulated small return capsule to establish return technology Last Updated: November 10, 2015 JAXA is developing a small return capsule that can be carried aboard the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) KOUNOTORI, aiming to devise return capsule technologies and increase cargo return opportunities for precious samples obtained through […]
Mars’ Atmosphere Could Have Gone Up or Down – Now Scientists Know Which | Exclusive Video
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Virgin Galactic Recruits Female Test Pilot Kelly Latimer
Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo spaceliner is lowered onto its landing gear for the first time. On Nov. 9, 2015, Virgin Galactic announced the selection of NASA test pilot Kelly Latimer as the latest spaceship pilot to join its ranks.Credit: Virgin Galactic Kelly Latimer, the first female research test pilot ever to join what is now […]
Icy Volcanoes May Erupt on Pluto
A possible ice volcano on Pluto (visible at center) is seen in this NASA image, captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, released on Nov. 9, 2015. The feature, called Wright Mons, is a strange feature 100 miles wide and 13,000 feet high with a summit depression at its center. New Horizons scientists suspect Wright Mons […]
Pluto’s Four Tiny Moons’ Topsy-Turvy Tumbles | Animation
Hydra, Nix, Kerberos and Styx behave like ‘spinning tops” according to SETI Institute’s Mark Showalter. Hydra – the fastest rotation – spins at dizzying 89 times per Pluto orbit. These mini-worlds look like they could each be collision-mergers of two even smaller bodies. (Full Story) Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/M. Showalter To source
Four Months after Pluto Flyby, NASA’s New Horizons Yields Wealth of Discovery
From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA’s New Horizons science team is discussing more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto at this week’s 47th Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences in National Harbor, Maryland. To source
Four Months after Pluto Flyby, NASA’s New Horizons Yields Wealth of Discovery
From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA’s New Horizons science team is discussing more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto at this week’s 47th Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences in National Harbor, Maryland. To source