On March 2, 1963 Engineer Thomas Byrdsong checks the Apollo/Saturn 1B Ground-wind-loads model in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. To source
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Electron Rocket Arrives Launch Pad In New Zealand | Video
By Steve Spaleta | February 16, 2017 09:35am ET The Rocket Labs produced vehicle is designed to carry smaller payloads (330 to 500 lbs) into orbit. It is being prepped for test launches. credit : Rocket Labs Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video Sh… CosMix: The Universe Is […]
SpaceX Launching Lightning Tracker, 'Three-Eyed' Raven, Deadly Superbug for NASA
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this view of lightning over the Pacific Ocean at night. One new tool heading to the station, the Lightning Imaging Sensor, will track the more than 45 lightning strikes per second that hit Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch its 10th commercial cargo […]
Seeing Spots: NASA Video Shows 7 Years of Solar Activity
Watch the sun break out in spots over and over again in a new NASA video of the sun showing seven years of sunspot footage, collected by the agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The SDO launched in December 2009 and has been in space long enough to see most of an 11-year solar cycle, which […]
3D-Printed 'Laugh' Is 1st Major Artwork to Be Made in Space
The first sculpture made in space — a 3D-printed representation of a human laugh’s sound waves — floats aboard the International Space Station. Art just made a giant leap into the final frontier. On Friday (Feb. 10), a 3D printer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) created a sculpture that represents human laughter, as part […]
This Company Is Poised to Generate Satellite Images of the Entire Earth — Every Day
With 88 new shoebox-sized satellites now circling Earth, San Francisco-based Planet will be able to image every piece of land on Earth every day. The latest flock of Planet’s Dove satellites blasted off aboard an Indian PSLV rocket Tuesday night. The 88 newcomers expand Planet’s constellation to 149 satellites in orbit, not including seven higher-resolution […]
Solar Occultations To Be Used For Ozone Layer Check-Up | Video
By Steve Spaleta | February 16, 2017 05:41pm ET The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (Sage-III), which is will be launched to the International Space Station on SpaceX-10 cargo mission , will use solar and lunar occultations to “get a vertical profile of the (ozone layer) gases,” according to SAGE III science manager Marilee […]
'Moana' Shows the Power of Polynesian Celestial Navigation
Moana takes to the sea. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. This article contains minor spoilers. One of the greatest feats of human migration in history was the colonisation of the vast Pacific Ocean by Polynesian peoples. They achieved it thanks […]
Sentinel-2 teams prepare for space
Going to space is never routine, and Sentinel-2 mission controllers are leaving nothing to chance as they prepare for the critical days following next month’s liftoff. To source
This Is Why Sending Messages to Aliens Might Be a Good Idea
The 305-meter telescope at Arecibo is just one of a collection that SETI will use to search nearby stars for electronic signals that could indicate intelligent life. If such a civilization was utilizing a similar dish to image exoplanets, SETI’s team should be able to detect it. Do you believe alien life exists elsewhere in […]
Fuel Sentinel-2B: done
As liftoff day draws closer, the Sentinel-2B ‘to do’ list is shrinking as tasks are ticked off, including the tricky process of fuelling the satellite. And, even despite having to do a few unexpected jobs, everything is on track for launch. To source
Solar Eclipses: When Is the Next One?
Editor’s note: The next solar eclipse will be an annular solar eclipse and will occur on Feb. 26, 2017. Here’s our video look at the path of the February 2017 solar eclipse . A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets between Earth and the sun, and the moon casts a shadow over Earth. A solar […]
Dangerous Space Rocks Discussed at Asteroid Day Prep
An artist’s illustration of an asteroid headed for Earth. Experts from around the world gathered on Tuesday (Feb. 14) to discuss how humans can mitigate the threat of asteroid impacts , as well as to go over plans for future space probes and even for the mining of space rocks — all ahead of the […]