The recently revealed French and Spanish titles of upcoming film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” seem to have settled the debate about the title’s meaning . Possible spoilers ahead for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. LucasFilm has tweeted the French and Spanish title cards for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (via The Independent), which seem to imply that the […]
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SpaceX Plans to Launch Cargo Mission Saturday Despite Rocket Leak
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule at Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A, poised for a planned Feb. 18, 2017 liftoff. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — All systems are “go” for tomorrow’s (Feb. 18) planned launch of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station, even though a small leak was spotted […]
SpaceX Launching NASA Cargo from Apollo Pad Saturday: Watch It Live
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo ship stand atop NASA’s Launch Pad 39A for a Feb. 18, 2017 launch. It will be SpaceX’s first launch from the historic NASA pad, which saw launches for Apollo moon missions, Skylab and the space shuttle program. SpaceX plans to launch an International Space Station (ISS) resupply […]
Black Holes are Even Stranger Than You Can Imagine
An artist’s impression of a Sun-like star close to a rapidly spinning supermassive black hole, with a mass of about 100 million times the mass of our Sun. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Our love of black holes continues to […]
Private Astronaut Taxis by SpaceX, Boeing May Not Be Ready by 2019: Report
The SpaceX crewed Dragon spacecraft is being designed to carry humans to the International Space Station and beyond. A new report from the Government Accountability Office warns that both SpaceX and Boeing may not be able to make their first crew launches by 2019. NASA intends to put a backup plan in place in the […]
The Greatest Space Missions Launched from NASA's Historic Pad 39A
Credit: NASA Service Structures During the Apollo program, NASA used mobile support structures and launch umbilical towers to service the Saturn V rockets on Pad 39A. For the space shuttle, the complex gained two permanent gantries: a 12-floor fixed service structure, equipped with three swing arms that gave workers access to the shuttle on the […]
Ötztal Alps
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of the Ötztal Alps in the western Austrian state of Tyrol, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
[Interview] JAXA&YOU / Teamwork and HTV: An Interview with Maki Maeda
Please tell us about your current job. I am currently acting as the Flight Director for HTV (nicknamed “Kounotori”) at the HTV Technology Center. As such, I am the manager of the control room that oversees the flight of Kounotori. What kind of role to you hold at the HTV Technology Center in the Department […]
SPAC3
Art and space enter a new dimension, with Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli To source
Sentinels warn of dangerous ice crack
Following the appearance of a large crack in the ice shelf close to the Halley VI research station in Antarctica, information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites helped to decide to close the base temporarily. To source
Art and space enter a new dimension
ESA’s involvement in the world of art is entering a new dimension, thanks to the cooperation with the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, with the idea of making space activities as inclusive as possible for more of the public on Earth. To source
Sentinels warn of dangerous ice crack
Following the appearance of a large crack in the ice shelf close to the Halley VI research station in Antarctica, information from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites helped to decide to close the base temporarily. To source
PLATO: Europe's Planet-Hunting Telescope
Artist’s impression depicting two spacecraft concepts for the PLATO space observatory to hunt for alien planets. PLATO is a European Space Agency telescope set to launch in 2024. The name is an acronym for “PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars.” The overall goal of the mission is to figure out under what conditions planets form […]