The Russian unmanned cargo ship Progress 64 approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking on July 18, 2016. The supply ship delivered 3 tons of fresh supplies to the station’s crew. Credit: NASA TV An unmanned Russian cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station late Monday (July 18), delivering tons of supplies even […]
Space Science Image of the Week: Ancient areas of Mars are peppered with impact craters similar to this unnamed pit in Noachis Terra, viewed by ESA’s Mars Express To source
Saturn’s main rings, along with its and moons, are much brighter than most stars. To source
Located 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, the Cocoon Nebula is surrounded by a bright-red, glowing cloud of hydrogen gas. Credit: Terry Hancock After a massive star dies, the energy ejected from the colossal explosion forms what is known as a nebula — a ginormous, colorful interstellar cloud of gas and dust. Two […]
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft captured this image of multiple sunspots on Jan. 14, 2013. Credit: NASA/SDO/HMI The powerful loops of magnetic fields behind sunspots rise to the surface of the sun much more slowly than previously thought, a new study finds. This finding suggests that the theory concerning the origins of these strongly magnetic […]
While most of us may be looking forward to spending some time in the sunshine this summer, the Sentinel-2B satellite is being subjected to the extreme cold of space to make sure it is fit for life in orbit. To source
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This story was updated at 2:30 a.m. EDT. SpaceX pulled off its fifth rocket landing in the last seven months early Monday morning (July 18), this time bringing a booster back during a successful cargo launch toward the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) Monday […]
The first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lands on the deck of the robotic ship “Of Course I Still Love You” on April 8, 2016. The company aims to refly this booster in autumn 2016. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX appears poised to notch another big reusable-rocket milestone. The California-based company has successfully landed the first […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches the company’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule toward the International Space Station on April 8, 2016. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX will attempt to land its Falcon 9 rocket during the launch of a cargo mission toward the International Space Station early Monday morning (July 18), and you can watch all the action […]
The Russian cargo ship Progress 64 and its Soyuz rocket are raised into launch position ahead of their planned July 16, 2016 launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Progress 64 is carrying 3 tons of supplies for the International Space Station. Credit: RSC Energia It’s a doubleheader of cosmic proportions: This weekend, not one but two […]
A bone cell research project is among the 2,200 lbs. (1,000 kilograms) of research and science supplies flying to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft July 18, 2016. Credit: NASA SpaceX’s ninth commercial cargo mission, launching early Monday (July 18), is lugging a selection of strange science to the International Space Station — […]