Apollo Photos Redux: The Story Behind the NASA Moon Pics Posted to Flickr
The Project Apollo Archive is adding thousands of unprocessed, high-resolution scans of the Apollo astronauts’ photos to Flickr.Credit: Project Apollo Archive/Flickr via collectSPACE.com The addition of tens of thousands of the Apollo astronauts’ moon photos to an online repository drew worldwide media interest this week, but lost in many of the headlines were the facts […]
It's a Great Time to Spot the Elusive Planet Mercury: Here's How
The early-morning planet Mercury is visible all month long in October 2015, with observers in the Northern Hemisphere having a better view than those in the south.Credit: Starry Night Software In case you haven’t yet set your alarm clock to normally awaken you at, say 5:45 a.m., this is most definitely the time to do […]
Moon Memories: See Thousands of Apollo Photos on Flickr
An image captured on the lunar surface during NASA’s Apollo 15 mission in 1971.Credit: NASA A huge new online gallery gives people around the world an up-close look at NASA’s iconic Apollo moon missions of the late 1960s and early 1970s. More than 8,400 unprocessed scans have now been uploaded into the online Project Apollo […]
NASA Eyes Sample-Return Capability for Post-2020 Mars Orbiter
Jim Watzin, NASA’s Mars exploration program director, said NASA is now considering adding to the post-2020 orbiter “the sample rendezvous capture and return capability, which allows us to retrieve the sample from orbit and prepare it for the return trip home.”Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A Mars orbiter NASA plans to launch in the 2020s could […]
Sporting Italy uses satellites to share more goals
Satcoms are enabling smaller football clubs in Italy to broadcast their matches in high quality from 60 stadiums, via the Internet. To source
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 5-9 October 2015 To source
Gorgeous Glow! The Crescent Moon and Earthshine (Photo)
As the sun sets, our own planet can light up the moon and produce an ashen glow. The crescent moon lit up by earthshine was captured by astrophotographer John Chumack on Sept. 8. “That pale glow on the unlit part of a crescent moon is light reflected from Earth, also known as earthshine,” Chumack wrote […]
Morning Aurora From the Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2015. Sharing with his social media followers, Kelly wrote, “The daily morning dose of #aurora to help wake you up. #GoodMorning from @Space_Station! #YearInSpace” To source
Morning Aurora From the Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2015. Sharing with his social media followers, Kelly wrote, “The daily morning dose of #aurora to help wake you up. #GoodMorning from @Space_Station! #YearInSpace” To source
Peering into the Past: Our Universe as a Time Machine
The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field combines 10 years of images to capture the most distant galaxies ever seen.Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University and the HUDF09 Team Although time machines remain a sci-fi fantasy, the vast distances of the universe make it […]
Putting Astronauts on Mars: NASA Lays Out Three-Phase Plan
The path to Mars goes through the moon — or the region of space near the moon, anyway. NASA aims to put boots on Mars in the 2030s after first gathering human-spaceflight experience and expertise in low Earth orbit and the “proving ground” of cis-lunar space near the moon. NASA has been working on this three-stage […]
Orbital ATK Poised for Return to Flight After Rocket Explosion
Two RD-181s integrated with the Antares first-stage air frame at the Wallops Island, Virginia, Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF). A “hot fire” test on Pad 0A is scheduled for late 2015 or early 2016.Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Following a devastating loss of vehicle last year, Orbital ATK is ready to get back to […]
Portuguese wonders
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A image of the Azore Islands in Portugal, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source