Tag Archives | space.com

The National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-47 satellite, encapsulated inside a 16.5-foot (5 meters) payload fairing, is mated to a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Update for 8 pm ET: The launch of the spy satellite NROL-47 has been delayed to Friday, Jan. 12, at 4 p.m. EST. Visit Space.com then […]

[embedded content] A new NOVA documentary takes viewers on a virtual journey into a black hole and delves into the exciting new things scientists have learned about the most bizarre places in the universe. The two-hour special “Black Hole Apocalypse” premieres on PBS tonight (Jan. 10) at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. Hosted by astrophysicist […]

Success! We’re thrilled to announce the successful launch of SuperView-1 03&04 satellites at 11:26 this morning in Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center! pic.twitter.com/NjA9L6YdYe — Space View (@bjspaceview) January 9, 2018 A Long March 2D rocket successfully launched two new Earth-observing satellites into orbit this week for Beijing Space View Technology in China.  The Long March 2D […]

What Is Zuma Credit: SpaceX While SpaceX webcast its Zuma launch, the nature of the mission itself was secret. All that is known is that Zuma was launched for the U.S. government and was destined for low-Earth orbit. Lighting Up the Night Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched the Zuma mission at 8 p.m. EST, lighting up […]

As media reports swirl around the ultimate fate of the U.S. government’s secret Zuma mission , which launched atop a SpaceX rocket Sunday (Jan. 7), the private spaceflight company says its Falcon 9 booster performed as expected during the launch.   “For clarity: after review of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — NASA hopes to have a major astronomy mission back on track by April  after completing efforts to reduce its cost, an agency official said Jan. 8. Speaking at a meeting of astronomers prior to the start of the 231st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society here, Paul Hertz, director of NASA’s astrophysics […]

TV still showing Charlie Duke (at right) photographing John Young as Young jumps and salutes the American flag on the moon during the Apollo 16 mission in April 1972. Astronauts who flew into space with John Young, and others who followed him into space, paid tribute to their late friend and colleague, who was the […]

Believers in aliens visiting Earth’s friendly skies via Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) couldn’t ask for more: A secretive government group backed by federal “black money,” a talkative former U.S. military intelligence official, fighter-jet video of odd objects doing out-of-this-world maneuvers and a space mogul purportedly housing leftovers of unidentified aerial craft. It all has the […]

By Calla Cofield, Space.com Senior Writer | January 9, 2018 07:15am ET Saturn’s rings dominate the foreground in this image, while the curve of the planet can be seen in the upper half. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Saturn’s rings reveal their translucent nature in this snapshot from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.  While the majestic rings around […]

Wednesday (Jan.10) is the last day for U.S. citizens to submit nominations for an advisory group to President Donald Trump’s National Space Council, according to a statement from NASA .  The current iteration of the National Space Council (NSC) was established by Trump in June ; it serves as an advisory board to the president […]

Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) disguise themselves in uniforms from the alternate-universe “Terran Empire” in Episode 10 of “Star Trek: Discovery.” (Tilly also alters her hairstyle to match her alter ego, a bloodthirsty captain.) Warning: This recap includes spoilers for Episode 10 of “Star Trek: Discovery” and a discussion of sensitive […]

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity captured this image on Jan. 2, 2018, using its Mars Hand Lens Imager. The tubular structures were likely created by crystalline growth, mission team members said. If you heard that NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity just spotted signs of life on the Red Planet — well, don’t get your hopes up. The odd […]

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has long served as America’s spaceport, hosting all of the federal government’s manned spaceflights since the late 1960s. KSC is named after President John F. Kennedy , who famously declared in 1961 that the United States would put an astronaut on the moon, and bring that person safely back […]