Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 7-11 September 2015 To source
Hubble Sees a Galactic Sunflower
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, recall the pattern at the center of a sunflower. To source
Supervising two rovers from space
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA’s Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover from the International Space Station to repair a mockup lunar base in the Netherlands. To source
Mercury's Speedy Spin Hints at Planet's Insides
This view of Mercury is made up of hundreds of images taken by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft during its first flyby of the planet in 2008. New data suggest that Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, completes a rotation on its axis 9 seconds more quickly than previously thought.Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie […]
Step Inside Crew Dragon: SpaceX Reveals Interior of Crewed Space Capsule
SpaceX has thrown open the hatch to its Crew Dragon spacecraft, revealing a sleek black and white interior for the capsule it is building to fly astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations. “Step inside Crew Dragon ,” SpaceX invited on a new page of its website on Thursday (Sept. 10). “Dragon made […]
First Image of Planet Birth Shows Tightly Packed Worlds
An ALMA image of the young star HL Tau and the disk of gas and dust surrounding it. New evidence suggests this is the first image ever obtained of planetary birth.Credit: ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); C. Brogan, B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) A controversial space image does indeed show the first picture of planets being born, a new study […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne Makes $2B Offer for United Launch Alliance
WASHINGTON – Rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne has offered to buy launch services provider United Launch Alliance from Lockheed Martin and Boeing for at least $2 billion, an industry source told SpaceNews Sept. 8. The unsolicited bid is the latest twist in what has been a topsy-turvy year for ULA, the primary U.S. government launch services provider. […]
A heart full of stars
The Hubble Space Telescope has found a giant galaxy cluster with a huge galaxy at its core that is bursting with new stars To source
Avezzano chequerboard
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of agricultural structures in Italy, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Galileo launch replay
Full replay of the first part of the launch transmission for Galileo satellites 9 and 10 To source
Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit
Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion today, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, atop a Soyuz launcher. To source
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Kibo-ABC Member Countries' News: Indonesia
Kibo-ABC Member Countries’ News: Indonesia Last Updated: September 11, 2015 Finalists of the Scientific Writing Competition for high school students in Indonesia, “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science,” are conducting simulated microgravity experiments for the final competition in October The Scientific Writing Competition “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science” has begun, in cooperation […]
Galileo lifts off – replay
Replay of liftoff of Soyuz ST-B carrying Galileo satellites 9 and 10, at 02:08 GMT, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana To source