Artist’s illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft flying by the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019 To Pluto and beyond! Nearly two years after its historic encounter with the dwarf planet Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is getting ready for its next big adventure in the icy outskirts of the solar system. […]
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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] The Exposed Pallet (EP) of KOUNOTORI6 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI6's Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC)
The Exposed Pallet (EP) of KOUNOTORI6 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI6’s Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC) Last Updated: January 23, 2017 The Exposed Pallet (EP) of KOUNOTORI6 was reinstalled into KOUNOTORI6’s Unpressurized Logistics Carrier (ULC) at 11:20 a.m., January 23. Meanwhile, station crew continues cargo and trash transfer between the Pressurized Logistics Carrier (PLC) and the ISS. […]
Spot a Stellar 'Odd Couple' In the Night Sky This Week
Orion will rise high in the southern winter sky this week, at around 8 p.m., when you can spot the two bright but very different stars, Rigel and Betelgeuse. Orion, the Mighty Hunter, will stand upright, high in our southern sky at around 8 p.m. this week, glittering like a large piece of celestial jewelry. […]
Relive SpaceX's Return-to-Flight Falcon 9 Launch with These Awesome Pictures
By Tariq Malik and Christine Lunsford | January 21, 2017 09:00am ET Credit: SpaceX SpaceX Back in Action for 2017 Credit: SpaceX High Stakes SpaceX (and its customer, satellite communications operator Iridium) had a lot riding on the Jan. 14 launch. For SpaceX, it was a return to flight after more than four months of […]
Moonshine Glow: See Pluto's Moon Charon as a Crescent in NASA Photo
This image by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows the night side of Pluto’s biggest moon, Charon, against a star field, lit by faint reflected light from Pluto itself. The bright crescent on Charon’s right side is a sliver of sunlit terrain; it is overexposed. New Horizons was about 100,000 miles (160,000 kilometers) beyond Pluto when […]
Space Station Flies in the Face of the Moon – Skywatching Video
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Ten Atomic Clocks Have Failed on Europe's Galileo Navigation Satellites
Galileo 7 and Galileo 8 being moved to the launch pad in 2015. PARIS – Ten atomic clocks have failed onboard the European Union’s Galileo navigation satellites, casting doubt on when the unfinished constellation’s next batch of spacecraft will be orbited. European Space Agency Director-General Jan Woerner told reporters Jan. 18 that the agency has not […]
Canadian Company UrtheCast Sells Two Satellites to Unnamed Government
UrtheCast’s high-resolution camera, Iris, is mounted on the exterior of the Russian segment of the International Space Station on a platform that allows it to point at specific targets on the ground. The company said this week that “a confidential government customer” has purchased the first two satellites of its OptiSAR system, an agreement valued […]
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Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 16-20 January 2017 To source
Atlas V Rocket Launches US Missile-Warning Satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida today (Jan. 20) to put a missile-detection and early warning satellite into orbit for the U.S. military. The 19-story-tall rocket bolted off its seaside launch pad here at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:42 p.m. EST (0042 GMT Saturday), […]
Space Station Moon
International Space Station and Moon seen from Spain To source
Blastoff! Missile-Detecting Satellite Launches Aboard Atlas V Rocket | Video
By Steve Spaleta | January 20, 2017 07:47pm ET The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geo-3 satellite was launched aboard the United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 20, 2017. The US Air Force satellite will provide “missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence and battlespace awareness,” according to […]