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By Steve Spaleta | November 28, 2016 10:19am ET NASA’s Saffire-II experiment was conducted aboard Orbital Science’s Cygnus spacecraft on Nov 21-22, 2016. A sample consisting partially of Nomex, a commercially available, flame-resistant material and an acrylic glass material that is used in spacecraft windows is being tested here.  [Read More About The Saffire Mission] […]

Although planets surround stars in the galaxy, how they form remains a subject of debate. Despite the wealth of worlds in our own solar system, scientists still aren’t certain how planets are built. Currently, two theories are duking it out for the role of champion.  While the first, core accretion, works well with the formation […]

An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station in October. After departing the ISS, the Cygnus raised its orbit and deployed four Spire cubesats Nov. 25, 2016. WASHINGTON — An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft deployed four small satellites  for Spire Global on Friday (Nov. 25), the first time a cargo vessel deployed […]

Trae Stephens, a principal at Founders Fund, whose investments include SpaceX, jointed President-elect Trump’s transition team for the Defense Department on Nov. 23. WASHINGTON — A principal in a venture capital fund whose investments include SpaceX has joined President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team  for the Department of Defense. The office of President-elect Trump announced Nov. 23 […]

The National Geographic series “Mars” tells the story of the first crew of humans to visit the Red Planet, set in 2033. The third episode of the National Geographic series “Mars” airs tonight and will explore the challenge of building a long-term home on Mars. The six-part series is a combination of science fiction and […]

Greg Diesel Walck took the image from Moyock, North Carolina as a thunderstorm drifted across the horizon on August 5, 2016. Does this stunning image of the moon give you chills? That’s how astrophotographer Greg Diesel Walck  felt when taking the image. “I’ve taken over 30,000 pictures of the moon. Tonight, I had a chance to […]

Astrophotographer Jeff Berkes took this image from Assateague Island National Seashore along the eastern shores of Maryland on November 5, 2016. Taurid meteors dot the sky above as a skywatcher captures the gorgeous night sky in his tent below. Astrophotographer Jeff Berkes  took this image from Assateague Island National Seashore along the eastern shores of Maryland […]

Patch for the Mars Society’s Mars 160 mission, during which seven crewmembers will conduct 80-day simulated Red Planet missions in the Utah desert and the Canadian Arctic. On Sept. 24, 2016, seven explorers began an 80-day mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), a facility in the Utah desert operated by the nonprofit Mars […]

This image of M33 was taken by astrophotographer Chris Schur taken from Payson, Arizona in October 2016. This purple-dotted images is of the northern galaxy M33 located nearly 3 million light-years away from Earth. The image was a personal accomplishment for astrophotographer Chris Schur  taken from Payson, Arizona in October. “This is my deepest shot yet,” […]

Barbara Matthews took this image the first week of August from Donner Summit, a mountaintop on the northern Sierra Nevada range. While scouting locations to watch the Perseids meteor shower earlier this year, an astrophotogrpaher was able to capture this stunning shot of the Milky Way , our home galaxy. Barbara Matthews took this image the […]