Zinnia flowers are starting to grow in the International Space Station’s Veggie facility as part of the VEG-01 investigation. Veggie provides lighting and nutrient supply for plants in the form of a low-cost growth chamber and planting “pillows” to provide nutrients for the root system. To source
Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth captured a star-filled night sky over a lighthouse in Maine. He writes in an email message to Space.com: “I’d been hoping…Read More » to get a Milky Way shot at Portland Head Light for a couple of years now, but I never got out there early enough in the year to capture […]
Our year through the lens: a selection of our favourite images for 2015 To source
The solar arrays on NASA’s InSight Mars lander are deployed during a test on April 30, 2015 inside a clean room at a Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility in Denver. InSight had been scheduled to launch in March 2016, but a problem with an instrument means the lander won’t launch until mid-2018, if it gets […]
Russia’s Progress 62 cargo ship arrives at the International Space Station on Dec. 23, 2015 delivering food, supplies and other equipment just in time for Christmas.Credit: Roscosmos (Russian Federal Space Agency) A robotic Russian cargo ship made it to the International Space Station just in time for Christmas. Russia’s uncrewed Progress 62 freighter docked with […]
A full moon will light up the heavens on Christmas Day this year, for the first time in more than 30 years.Credit: NASA/Goddard/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Think you can spot a jolly, red-clad old man as he speeds across the moon in a sleigh, spreading Christmas cheer? If so, the Slooh Community Observatory wants to hear […]
Engineers developing a drill for probing Mars, the Moon and asteroids have created the world’s first portable charger to power up electric cars anywhere, anytime. To source
An Artist’s illustration of NASA’s InSight Mars Lander on the Martian surface. The mission, slated to launch in March 2016, will not be ready due to instrument leaks, NASA says.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has called off the planned March 2016 launch of a Mars lander, saying one of the spacecraft’s key instruments cannot be fixed in […]
A new addition to the “Star Wars” movie universe will keep the already-long-lived franchise alive for new fans.Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Leroy Chiao is a former NASA astronaut and ISS commander. He is the co-founder and CEO of OneOrbit and serves as the special adviser for human spaceflight to the Space Foundation, and the Houston Association for […]
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A full moon will light up the heavens on Christmas Day this year, for the first time in more than 30 years.Credit: NASA/Goddard/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Holiday lights will adorn many neighborhoods this Christmas, but look out for a very special lighting treat in the form of a full moon this Friday. This month, the full moon […]
Space.com readers have sent in their best photos of the Geminid meteor shower taking place in December 2015. See their images here. THIS IMAGE: Astrophotographer…Read More » Kevin Lewis produced this composite image of Geminid meteors using exposures taken on the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of Wales on Dec. 14, 2015. Less « […]
A new addition to the “Star Wars” movie universe will keep the already-long-lived franchise alive for new fans.Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has searched his feelings about “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” and the Force is strong in his opinions. Tyson, host of the StarTalk podcast and talk show and the of head […]