Chinese space greetings
Video: astronauts on Chinese space station Tiangong-2 greet ESA and Thomas Pesquet To source
Bigelow Calls on Trump to Sharply Increase NASA Spending
Robert Bigelow, founder and president of Bigelow Aerospace, apparently had second thoughts about his first tweet. HOUSTON — Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow said Nov. 17 that he believes that the Trump administration should as much as double NASA’s budget in the coming years and make plans for a human return to the moon. Bigelow, the […]
China's Shenzhou 11 Crew Lands on Earth After Month-Long Space Lab Mission
Recovery team members work in and around China’s Shenzhou 11 spacecraft after it landed with Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong from a 32-day mission to the Tiangong-2 space lab on Nov. 18. Two Chinese astronauts returned to Earth early Friday morning (Nov. 18) after a month-long space lab mission that set a new record for […]
Astronomy Gear Guide: Tools, Tips and Tricks to Stargaze Like a Boss
For the most fun under the stars, make sure you gear-up properly in advance. Here, a well-equipped amateur astronomy club sets up for a fun star party in Santa Cruz, CA *Editor’s Note: Start saving on your entire gift list . Get up to 15% cash back and exclusive deals on gadgets, gear, electronics, computers and more […]
Expedition 50 Crew Launches to the International Space Station
In this one second exposure photograph, the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft is seen launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Expedition 50 crewmembers NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, Kazakh time (Nov 17 EST). To source
New GOES-R Satellites Are Weather Forecasting 'Game Changer' | Video
Recommended videos for you New GOES-R Satellites Are Weather Forecasting… Blastoff! New Crew En Route To International… NASA’s Climate Change Data Key To Preparing C… Mercury’s ‘Great Valley’ and Rembrandt Impact… Below Pluto’s ‘Heart’ A Slushy Ocean May Chur… Astronaut Peggy Whitson: From Chicken Entrepr… Supermoon and the Soyuz – Awesome Time-Lapse… Cyclone Powered By […]
GOES-R/GOES-16: A Powerful Weather Satellite in Pictures
Instruments in the GOES-R suite consist of Earth sensing, solar imaging, and space environment measurement payloads. There are six primary instruments: the Advanced Baseline Imager; the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors, which includes an Extreme Ultraviolet Sensor, X-Ray Sensor, EUVS/XRS Electrical Box, and Sun Positioning Sensor; the Geostationary Lightning Mapper; the Magnetometer; the Space […]
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 14-18 November 2016 To source
Happy Anniversary, MAVEN! NASA Mars Probe Marks 2 Years of Science Work
Artist’s illustration of NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet. NASA’s newest Mars orbiter has now been on the job for two Earth years, investigating how the Red Planet lost its atmosphere in the ancient past. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft reached Mars on Sept. 21, 2014, […]
SpaceX Tests Huge Fuel Tank for Mars Colony Spaceship (Photo)
SpaceX tows the prototype carbon-fiber fuel tank for its crewed Mars spaceship out to sea for pressure tests in November 2016. SpaceX has successfully tested a prototype of the gigantic fuel tank the company is developing for its planned Mars spaceship , company representatives said. SpaceX towed the full-size carbon-fiber tank — the largest such […]
Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn Shines in Spectacular NASA Photo
Saturn’s strange hexagon-shaped vortex and bands of swirling clouds are captured in this stunning new photo from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. A stunning new photo of Saturn’s north pole spotlights the planet’s bizarre hexagon-shaped vortex and beautiful bands of swirling winds. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this dramatic view on Sept. 5, as the probe flew 890,000 […]
ESA’s new Mars orbiter prepares for first science
The ExoMars orbiter is preparing to make its first scientific observations at Mars during two orbits of the planet starting next week. To source
[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Observation Results on New Zealand
ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Observation Results on New Zealand Posted: November 16, 2016, 7:30 (UTC) On November 15, 2016 at 23:00 (UTC), an emergency observation with the Phased Array-type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2 (PALSAR-2) aboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2, “DAICHI-2”) was performed in response to the magnitude-7.8 earthquake in New Zealand on November 13, 2016 […]