Mars' Ancient Face-Lift: Water Carved Planet's Features, Not Massive Volcano
An artist’s impression of what Mars might have looked like 4 billion years ago, according to a new study. Credit: Didier Florentz The face of Mars has changed since the planet’s younger days. Billions of years ago, rain or snow may have carved major valleys on Mars, just as the largest volcanic structure in the […]
Powerful Radio Bursts in Space Can Explode Over and Over
The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico identified the first repeating FRBs, millisecond-long bursts of energy that appear in the sky thousands of time each day. Credit: Danielle Futselaar Powerful explosions of radio waves known as fast radio bursts explode in the sky like a flash from a camera — a single, great release of energy. […]
One-Year Crew Returns to Earth
The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 (Kazakh time). To source
By the Numbers: Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year-in-Space Mission
One-year mission crewmembers Scott Kelly of NASA (left) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos (right) celebrated their 300th consecutive day in space on Jan. 21, 2016. The pair will land on Tuesday (March 1) after 340 days aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Five thousand four hundred forty. That is how many times NASA astronaut […]
Stargazer Spies Star Clusters of the Gemini Constellation (Photo)
This image of Messier 35 in the night sky was taken by Ron Brecher from Guelph, Ontario in January 2012. Credit: Ron Brecher Brilliant star clusters in the cosmic twins that make up the constellation Gemini take center stage in this photo by an avid astrophotographer. The image was taken by stargazer Ron Brecher from […]
'Train Like a Martian' Challenge Inspires Kids to Get Active
The Train Like a Martian program challenges kids to participate in daily physical activities, just like a NASA astronaut would. Credit: The Mars Generation Space is harsh on the human body, especially when astronauts go to extremes, such as spending months on the International Space Station — or taking a future trip to Mars. The […]
'Hen's Wings' Glow Blue in Enchanting Hubble Telescope Image
Symmetrical blue jets of gas stream out from the core of Hen 2-437, a planetary nebula, in this new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt The glowing, symmetrical wings of the Hen 2-437 nebula shine in luminescent blue in a new image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. […]
Return to Earth: An Astronaut's View of Coming Home
European lights seen by André Kuipers from space. Credit: ESA/NASA Leroy Chiao served as a NASA astronaut from 1990 to 2005. During his 15-year career, he flew four missions into space, three times on space shuttles and once as the co-pilot of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station. On that flight, he […]
'The Wrong Wrights': Kids Save Flight in New Smithsonian Comic
“The Wrong Wrights,” by Steve Hockensmith, Chris Kientz and Lee Nielsen, follows four middle schoolers as they go back in time to save the future of air travel. It is the first book in the “Secret Smithsonian Adventures” series of graphic novels. Credit: Smithsonian Books Four young museumgoers travel back in time to save the […]
Orion’s wings
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Spreading Orion’s wings – unfurling the solar array on the European Service Module To source
Last Sunrise From a Year in Space
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared a series of five sunrise photographs on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, as he prepared to depart the space station and return to Earth aboard a Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov are scheduled to undock their Soyuz at 8:02 p.m. EST and land at […]
Astronaut Scott Kelly Back On Earth – Landing Site Video
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Let the science begin
After weeks of engineering tests, the LISA Pathfinder science team is ready to start work, demonstrating key technologies to observe gravitational waves from space To source