Rosetta Probe's 'Death Dive' Into Comet 67P Visualized
By Steve Spaleta | September 28, 2016 10:08am ET The European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe will meet its demise on September 30, 2016 when a maneuver is performed to make it crash into Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. This visualization shows the descent, but stops short of it crashing. ESA Rosetta Mission Highlights – Video credit : […]
The journey continues
Once again, the lines between science fiction and science fact blur in this epilogue to the short film, Ambition To source
Elon Musk Plans to Name 1st Mars Colony Ship 'Heart of Gold' in Sci-Fi Nod
It looks like SpaceX’s first crewed Mars mission will be an epic shout-out to one of the most beloved sci-fi novels of all time. SpaceX plans to name the first of its many Mars-colonizing ships after “Heart of Gold,” a spaceship in Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” company founder and CEO Elon […]
SpaceX's Mars Spaceship Could Explore the Entire Solar System, Elon Musk Says
The spaceship that SpaceX is building to colonize Mars could also take people out to Jupiter’s ocean-harboring moon Europa and beyond, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said. On Tuesday (Sept. 27), Musk unveiled SpaceX’s planned Interplanetary Transport System (ITS), a rocket-spaceship combo that the billionaire entrepreneur hopes will allow humanity to establish a permanent, […]
Dream Chaser Space Plane to Fly United Nations Mission in 2021
Artist’s illustration of Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser space plane in Earth orbit. A private space plane is set to fly the United Nations’ first-ever space mission five years from now. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) are teaming up to launch a two-week robotic mission to low-Earth […]
Black hole Sunday
Technology image of the week: A simulated black hole appears at the location of Sunday’s ESA Open Day in the Netherlands To source
Red Planet Roulette: Time to Save for Move to Mars?
Fancy a move to Mars? SpaceX chief Elon Musk envisions a colony of 1 million Earth emigrants calling the Red Planet home within 50 to 100 years, but early settlers be warned: the risk of death is high. The trip, however, will be affordable, about $200,000 to start, with the goal of eventually cutting transportation […]
No, Friday's 'Black Moon' Isn't a Sign of the End Times
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside at night to do a little stargazing, the moon is being all weird again. If you’ve been paying attention to the tabloid press, you’ll likely know that Friday will play host to a “Black Moon.” But you probably heard about it for all the wrong […]
'Star Trek': 50 Artists. 50 Years. (A Sci-Fi Art Slideshow)
By Hanneke Weitering, Staff Writer-Producer | September 28, 2016 04:49pm ET Credit: Photo by Hanneke Weitering Celebrating “Star Trek” To celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek,” the Paley Center for Media in New York City hosted 50 pieces of art by 50 artists in a gallery. Other activities, like free screenings and photo-ops, accompanied […]
'Star Trek' Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Traveling Art Gallery
Original Star Trek artwork at the “Star Trek: 50 Artists, 50 Years” exhibit at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. NEW YORK — To celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek: The Original Series,” CBS has curated a traveling art gallery featuring 50 “Star Trek”-inspired pieces by 50 artists from 10 countries. […]
'Golden Record Remastered' Will Reboot Voyager's Soundtrack of Earth
“Science Friday” and “Studio 360” presented “The Golden Record Remastered” Sept. 27, 2016 at The Greene Space at WNYC, calling on a “stellar panel of culture experts” to describe what would be on a modern version of the famous Golden Record sent into space in 1977. NEW YORK — In 1977, NASA sent two Voyager spacecraft […]
One-eyed robot learns to see in weightlessness
A small drone taught itself to judge distances using only one eye during trials aboard the International Space Station, ESA-backed researchers have reported. To source
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] ISS/Kibo Monthly News: August, 2016
ISS/Kibo Monthly News: August, 2016 Last Updated: September 28, 2016 Topic of the Month Onboard activities of Astronaut Takuya Onishi Onishi maneuvering SSRMS to release Dragon spacecraft(August 26. Credit: JAXA/NASA/Takuya Onishi) Astronaut Takuya Onishi was busy in August conducting science/medical experiments and tasks related to the Dragon spacecraft (SpaceX CRS-9), and supporting an Extravehicular Activity […]