This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. EST. Two experienced fliers and a space newbie — the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station — launched spaceward on a Russian rocket today (Dec. 15) to begin a six-month science mission on the laboratory in orbit. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (top), NASA astronaut Tim […]
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and commander Yuri Malenchenko were launched into space at 11:03 GMT (12:03 CET) To source
Imagine being confronted with half a tonne or more of metal and composite structures, electronics boxes and solar panels – an unwanted satellite. And then being handed a blowtorch and told to melt it into vapour. To source
Scientists are learning more about how the upper atmosphere and ionosphere affect space satellites as well as communications and navigation here on Earth, thanks to new data from a U.S. Air Force satellite that recently completed a more than seven-year mission. To source
Scientists are learning more about how the upper atmosphere and ionosphere affect space satellites as well as communications and navigation here on Earth, thanks to new data from a U.S. Air Force satellite that recently completed a more than seven-year mission. To source
A Russian Soyuz rocket stands atop its launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of the Dec. 15, 2015 launch of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station.Credit: RSC Energia Three new crewmembers will launch to the International Space Station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft early Tuesday (Dec. 15), and you can watch the liftoff […]
Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction. Credit: 20th Century Fox […]
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China has issued new banknotes and coins to commemorate more than 40 years of spaceflight achievements.Credit: People’s Bank of China/collectSPACE.com China’s Central Bank has released bills and coins celebrating the country’s spaceflight history. The designs of the new 100-yuan banknotes and 10-yuan coins feature crewed and robotic spacecraft that span 45 years of Chinese launches. […]
An illustration of how Earth’s magnetic field protects the planet from solar radiation.Credit: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester Paul Sutter is a visiting scholar at the Ohio State University’s Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics (CCAPP ). Sutter is also host of the podcasts Ask a Spaceman and RealSpace , and the YouTube series Space In […]
Some of the crater names submitted by the public for Uwingu’s “people’s map” of Mars.Credit: Uwingu Still scrambling for a last-minute Christmas gift idea? You could always name a Mars crater for that special someone. The space-funding company Uwingu is running a promotion that allows customers to create holiday versions of the certificates they receive […]
NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera — or EPIC for short — is living up to its acronym, by producing visually stunning and scientifically fascinating images of Earth. EPIC lives onboard NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), which orbits the sun about 1 million miles from Earth — a perfect vantage point to take a snapshot […]
Gene Cernan, commander of the last moon landing, tells his story in the new documentary, “The Last Man on the Moon.”Credit: NASA Forty-three years after he became the last man on the moon, Gene Cernan now has a launch date in movie theaters. Cernan, who as commander of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission took the last […]