Ancient Mars Had Long-Lasting Lakes, Boosting Chances for Life
Illustration depicting a lake of fresh water partially filling Mars’ Gale Crater. Gale hosted a series of such lakes that each persisted for hundreds to tens of thousands of years at a time, a new study suggests.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS Ancient Mars harbored long-lasting lakes, boosting the odds that life could have existed on the Red […]
Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Poised for New Flight Tests in 2016
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A space plane that would continue the legacy of NASA’s shuttle program is getting ready for a second stage of flight testing, according to representatives from the Sierra Nevada Corp. At a gathering of the top leaders and innovators in the commercial spaceflight industry here yesterday (Oct. 7), Mark Sirangelo, […]
Our Universe: It's the 'Simplest' Thing We Know
This snapshot from a computer simulation of the formation of large-scale structures in the universe shows the coherent motions of galaxies flowing toward the highest mass concentration in the center. (A patch of 100 million light-years is shown.)Credit: ESO Our universe is actually really simple, it’s just our cosmological theories that are getting needlessly complex, […]
Private Spaceflight Symposium Gets Update on Colorado Spaceport Plans
Patricia Hynes, chair of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, speaks during the 2015 conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico.Credit: Calla Cofield/Space.com LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Members of the international spaceflight industry gathered in New Mexico for an annual meeting to discuss new developments, ideas and technologies. The International Symposium for Personal and […]
Pluto's Blue Sky
Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The high-altitude haze is thought to be similar in nature to that seen at Saturn’s moon Titan. This image was generated by software that combines information from blue, red and near-infrared images. To source
Pluto's Blue Sky
Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The high-altitude haze is thought to be similar in nature to that seen at Saturn’s moon Titan. This image was generated by software that combines information from blue, red and near-infrared images. To source
Launch Photos: NROL-55 Spy Satellite and Cubesats Blast Off
On Oct. 8, 2015, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket soared into space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:49 a.m. PDT (8:49 a.m. EDT)…Read More » to deliver the classified NROL-55 satellite into orbit. The mission, ULA’s 101st rocket launch, also delivered 13 tiny cubesats into orbit for the NRO and NASA. […]
US Spy Satellite Launches Into Space Along with 13 Tiny Cubesats
An American spy satellite and 13 tiny “cubesats” shared a rocket ride to orbit this morning, lighting up the predawn sky over their California launchpad. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off today (Oct. 8) from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:49 a.m. EDT (0949 GMT; 8:49 a.m. local California time), lofting […]
Blast-Off! US Spysat and Cubesats Launch Aboard Atlas V Rocket | Video
The United Launch Alliance rocket launched the NROL-55 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Oct. 8th, 2015 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 13 NRO’s GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) cubesats also flew to orbit on the rocket. Credit: NASA To source
Astronaut brains as beacons for researchers
How astronauts adapt to the stresses of living in space is helping researchers to pinpoint the causes of common disorders on Earth. From the brain’s point of view, living in space is very stressful. The signals from an astronaut’s body in space go haywire as they float in weightlessness. The inner ear reports that it […]
Earth from Space
Join us Friday, 9 October, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-1A image of the Azore Islands in Portugal To source
How did you do that?
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: NASA astronaut Terry Virst demonstrates how he took ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s picture in space To source
Astronauts Are Stars in New Art Posters Launched on Kickstarter
Eighteen astronauts star in the first of new limited edition poster series from uniphi space agency and Chop Shop.Credit: uniphi space agency A talent agency that represents former NASA astronauts is launching a unique take on its clients’ spacesuited portraits, collaborating with a popular artist to produce a new illustrated poster series featuring the space […]