NASA Satellite Spies Hurricane Joaquin Replacing an Eye
Hurricane Joaquin over the Bahamas at 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT) on Oct. 1, 2015. This visible image was captured by NASA’s Aqua satellite.Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 4 storm that is currently battering the central Bahamas, appears to be replacing its eye, according to weather forecasters. New satellite […]
Dazzling Rocket Launch Marks 100th Liftoff for United Launch Alliance
An Atlas V 421 rocket launched the Morelos-3 mission for Mexico’s Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Ministry of Communications and Transportation) on Oct. 2, 2015, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.Credit: United Launch Alliance A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket blasted a communications satellite into orbit today (Oct. 2), marking the 100th […]
The Real Mars Lander in 'The Martian': Fact Checking the Film's NASA Probe
Not all of the NASA hardware shown in the movie “The Martian” is fictional: astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) uses a historic NASA spacecraft.Credit: 20th Century Fox via collectSPACE.com A historic NASA spacecraft makes more than just a cameo appearance in “The Martian,” the new Ridley Scott movie about an astronaut stranded on Mars. The […]
Ariane 5 Rocket Delivers 2 Communications Satellites Into Orbit
Ariane 5 lifts off with Sky Muster and ARSAT-2 satellites from Europe’s spaceport on Sept. 30, 2015.Credit: Arianespace PARIS — Europe’s Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket on Sept. 30 placed telecommunications satellites for Australia and Argentina into geostationary transfer orbit in the vehicle’s 68th consecutive success. The satellites — the first of two Sky Muster Ka-band […]
Hurricane Joaquin From the International Space Station
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo on Oct. 2, 2015, from the International Space Station and wrote on Twitter, “Early morning shot of Hurricane #Joaquin from @space_station before reaching #Bahamas. Hope all is safe. #YearInSpace.” To source
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 28 September – 2 October 2015 To source
Hurricane Joaquin From the International Space Station
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo on Oct. 2, 2015, from the International Space Station and wrote on Twitter, “Early morning shot of Hurricane #Joaquin from @space_station before reaching #Bahamas. Hope all is safe. #YearInSpace.” To source
Oxygen on Exoplanets May Not Mean Alien Life
An artist’s impression of the Neptune-size planet HAT-P-11b as it crosses in front of its star. Astronomers found water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet. Similar studies may reveal oxygen in the air of other worlds.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Although scientists have long considered oxygen a sign that life exists on an alien planet, new research suggests […]
Ring in Oktoberfest with These Space Beers
The beloved German folk festival known as Oktoberfest wraps up this weekend (at least in Munich), so we decided to get in on the celebration and taste-test a beer made with yeast that’s been to space. In 2014, the Oregon-based Ninkasi Brewing Co. sent vials of brewer’s yeast on a rocket to more than 70 […]
'The Martian' and Reality: How NASA Will Get Astronauts to Mars
NASA wants the world to know that putting boots on Mars is not just a sci-fi dream. The space agency has been helping promote the new film “The Martian ,” which hits theaters across the United States today (Oct. 2), as a way to publicize its own plans to send astronauts to the Red Planet […]
Does 'The Martian' Movie Do the Book Justice? Yes. Yes, It Does
Movies adapted from successful books don’t always capture the magic of the original text — and the calculation- and science-heavy story of “The Martian” seems a particularly tough customer — but the upcoming film does a surprisingly good job conjuring the book’s spirit. The new movie, opening Friday, trades some of the book’s nonstop danger […]
Berlin celebration
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A false colour image of Berlin in Germany, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Russian Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
Russia’s robotic Progress 61 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station on Oct. 1, 2015.Credit: NASA TV A robotic Russian cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station this evening (Oct. 1), ending a brief orbital chase. Russia’s uncrewed Progress 61 freighter, also known as 61P, docked with the space station’s Zvezda service module at […]