The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has imaged the martian moon Phobos as part of a second set of test science measurements made since it arrived at the Red Planet on 19 October. To source
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Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM
Middle school students programmed a camera aboard the International Space Station — the Sally Ride EarthKAM — to photograph this portion of the Sahara desert in western Libya on October 3, 2016. The Expedition 50 crew set up the EarthKAM gear in the Harmony module’s Earth-facing hatch window, to allow students to photograph targets on […]
ExoMars first images
First images taken by the ExoMars orbiter during instrument testing at Mars To source
Nat Geo's 'Mars' Colonists Grow Even More Ambitious in New Episode
Scene from “Mars,” a National Geographic Channel miniseries due to air in November. Tonight’s (Dec. 5) new episode of National Geographic’s “Mars” miniseries will demonstrate the importance of thinking realistically about big dreams while expanding a human settlement on the Red Planet. The docudrama “Mars” combines real science with a scripted portrayal of the first […]
Chaos at Hyperion
The moon Hyperion tumbles as it orbits Saturn. To source
Vega lofts Turkey’s Earth observation satellite
Arianespace today launched a Vega rocket on a commercial mission to deliver a Turkish Earth observation satellite into orbit. To source
'Baby Groot' Steals Show In New 'Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2' Trailer
By Steve Spaleta | December 5, 2016 09:08am ET The team is back up to their epic sci-fi hijinks in the latest trailer for the new movie. It premieres May 5, 2017. [Watch the first trailer] credit : Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video […]
'The Glass Universe': How Women 'Computers' Measured the Stars
“The Glass Universe” follows the women of the Harvard College Observatory and their groundbreaking measurements of the stars. In the mid-19th century, women worked at the Harvard College Observatory as “human computers,” studying photographic plates of stars and unveiling some of the most fundamental discoveries of our universe. Astronomers at the observatory captured the images […]
What Tangled Web: Galaxy's Messy 'Threads' Star in New Pic
A striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures an extremely detailed view of the galaxy NGC 4696 and the tangled, thread-like filaments stretching from its bright galactic core. Located roughly 150 million light-years from Earth, NGC 4696 is a member of the Centaurus galaxy cluster — a group of hundreds of galaxies […]
Cassini Probe Will Have Busy Final Year at Titan
: This false-color mosaic, made from infrared data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, reveals the differences in the composition of surface materials around methane and ethane lakes at Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. On Sept. 27, 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will dive headlong into Saturn , after spending 13 years exploring the ringed planet and many […]
Stormy skies
Space Science Image of the Week: A storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that raged for over 200 days To source
Vega Rocket Launches Turkish Earth-Observation Satellite
Arianespace launched Göktürk-1 for Turkey Dec. 5 atop a Vega rocket. WASHINGTON — Arianespace lofted Turkey’s Göktürk-1 Earth-observation satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit Dec. 5 aboard a Vega rocket , marking the eighth success for the European light-lift vehicle. Göktürk-1 prime contractor Telespazio reported signal acquisition 68 minutes after its 8:51 a.m. EST (1351 GMT) liftoff […]
SpaceShipTwo 'Unity' Flies Solo For First Time | Video
By Steve Spaleta | December 4, 2016 10:33am ET The Virgin Galactic suborbital vehicle entered its second phase of testing on Dec. 3, 2016. It was released from its WhiteKnightTwo mothership and glided back down to the Mojave Air and Space Port in California after 10 minutes of flight. [Full Story] credit : Space.com / […]