Edgar Mitchell, seen here prior to his launch on NASA’s Apollo 14 mission in 1971, died on Feb. 5, 2016 at age 85. Credit: NASA Edgar Mitchell, who 45 years ago became the sixth man to walk on the moon, died on Thursday (Feb. 4), the day before the anniversary of his lunar landing. He […]
This month, planet-watching opportunities will build slowly throughout the night — there won’t be much to see at first, but patient skywatchers can end the night with glimpses of five bright planets in the sky. In early February, there will not be a single bright planet in the sky at dusk, but as the night […]
International Space Station crewmembers will be free to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. Credit: International Space Station Expedition 46 Crewmembers When the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos square off Sunday, astronauts on the International Space Station will be able to watch the kickoff in real time. While NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra […]
From a distance of 177 miles, or 285 km, Rosetta catches a view of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it begins its mission in August 2014. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for Osiris Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Gravity measurements taken by the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft show the body of comet 67 P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is about 75 percent dust and 25 percent ice all […]
Title screen for the BBC documentary, “Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race,” airing on KCET in California on Feb. 5, 2016. Credit: BBC/KCET Fifty-five years after Yuri Gagarin became the first human to launch into space, a documentary about the Soviet space program seeks to reveal how Russia actually “won the space race.” “Cosmonauts,” […]
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The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from Pluto’s surrounding uplands. These hills individually measure one to several miles or kilometers across, according to images and data from NASA’s New Horizons mission. To source
The 18th and final primary mirror segment is installed on what will be the biggest and most powerful space telescope ever launched. The final mirror installation Wednesday at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland marks an important milestone in the assembly of the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. To source
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ESA and the European Polar Board sign a Memorandum of Understanding To source
Operations image of the week: #SocialSpaceWA – ESA’s first-ever social media event down under – happens at the New Norcia deep-space tracking station, Western Australia, next week To source
Audi’s 2016 Super Bowl 50 ad, “The Commander,” tells the story of a retired astronaut who rediscovers his lust for life. Credit: Audi USA A new TV commercial set to air during the Super Bowl blends the imagery of NASA’s Apollo program with the score of David Bowie’s “Starman” to challenge car buyers to “choose […]
Artist’s illustration of NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. The probe will enter orbit around the solar system’s largest planet on July 4, 2016. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A NASA spacecraft now has Jupiter more squarely in its sights ahead of its July 4 arrival at the solar system’s largest planet. NASA’s solar-powered Juno probe performed an engine […]