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<div data-cycle-pager-template=”” readability=”34.5″> Boeing’s New Space Duds Credit: Boeing On Jan. 25, 2017, Boeing unveiled the spacesuit astronauts will wear aboard the company’s Starliner capsule. Here’s a look at the sleek new “Boeing Blue” suit. HERE: Former NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson (Boeing’s director of crew and mission systems) wears the blue spacesuit while sitting inside […]

NASA’s famous emblem. SEATTLE — As reports filter out about restrictions on research and public communications at other federal agencies since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, a NASA official said Jan. 24 there have been no changes to the agency’s programs or policies . Speaking at a town hall meeting during the 97th Annual Meeting […]

By Steve Spaleta | January 25, 2017 09:00am ET The space rock will fly within 162,252 miles (261,119 km) of Earth on Jan. 25, 2017. It is estimated to be about 30 feet in diameter. Slooh.com astronomer Eric Edelman explains. [Full Story]   credit : Slooh.com Watch more  ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True […]

NASA’s design for Project Orion. This version of the nuclear spacecraft is a slim 6,000 tons, as opposed to the 10,000-to-multimillion-ton variants previously suggested for direct (atomic) launch. Intended for a “clean” launch on a Saturn V booster, this Orion would still be capable of performing much better than chemical rockets, perhaps enabling it to […]

NASA’s Cassini Orbiter captured a breath-taking view of Saturn impossible to see from anywhere else. Using it’s wide-angle camera, with the violet filter, the spacecraft snapped this incredible image on Oct. 28, 2016. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is known for some of the most extraordinary images of Saturn , and its rings and moons, that we have […]

Artist’s illustration of the pulsar Geminga and its cloud of high-energy particles called a pulsar wind nebula Photographs of geometrically shaped trails of high-energy particles ejected from two pulsars as they zip through the Milky Way galaxy have helped scientists better understand why the two objects emit very different kinds of light. Pulsars are a […]

1) Giant gravity wave The latest weird cloud formation seen on Venus was spotted by the Japanese Akatsuki spacecraft . Recent research describes this formation as an “enormous bow-shaped bright region” that is 10,000 km (6,213 miles) long. It doesn’t move with the rest of the clouds, but hovers over mountains on the planet’s surface. […]

Artist’s illustration of a possibly habitable exoplanet. One of the closest rocky planets to Earth could have a wild climate that oscillates quickly between hot and cool periods, a new study reports.  This planet, known as Wolf 1061c, resides in the “habitable zone ” of its host star, that just-right range of distances where liquid […]

A newfound asteroid about the size of a bus zipped safely by Earth late Tuesday (Jan. 24), just days after its discovery.  The asteroid 2017 BX   passed Earth at a range of 162,252 miles (261,119 kilometers) — about 30 percent closer than distance between the Earth and moon — at 11:54 p.m. EST (0454 Tuesday […]

“Hope,” a painted suit created by pediatric cancer patients as part The Space Suit Art Project, stands at the front of “Space for Art,” a new exhibit at Space Center Houston in Texas. HOUSTON — When people think of the equipment astronauts take to space, clean white spacesuits, technical checklists and science apparatus may come […]

When a giant asteroid careened into Earth about 66 million years ago, the enormous collision led to the formation of an airborne “curtain” of sulfate molecules that blocked the sun’s light and led to years of freezing cold and darkness, a new study finds. The finding shows how these droplets, or aerosols, of sulfuric acid […]

The NASA astronauts who fly aboard Boeing’s new spaceship will wear sleek, blue suits that are lighter, simpler and more comfortable than the bulky orange gear of the space shuttle era, company representatives said. Unveiled today (Jan. 25), the new “Boeing Blue” spacesuits for the Starliner capsule weigh about 20 lbs. (9 kilograms) each with […]