Tests continue for the private space company’s Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system and rocket. The company suffered a setback in June 2015 when its Falcon 9 rocket exploded during flight , carrying a cargo mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX could return to flight before the end of 2015. Credit: SpaceX To source
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Earth from Space
Join us Friday, 13 November, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-2A image of Qingdao and surroundings, in China To source
Philae Lander’s Bouncy Comet Landing Reconstructed In New Animation
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Thomas Pesquet closer to space with mission name Proxima
Today, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet revealed the name and logo for his six-month mission to the International Space Station starting next November. Thomas will be the 10th astronaut from France to head into space and his mission name of Proxima continues the French tradition of referring to stars and constellations. To source
Ariane 5 Lofts Arabsat, ISRO Satellites in Rocket’s Final Launch of 2015
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket launches the Arabsat-6B (BADR-7) and GSAT-15 satellites from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on Nov. 10, 2015.Credit: Arianespace PARIS — Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket on Nov. 10 successfully placed telecommunications for Arabsat of Saudi Arabia and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the vehicle’s sixth […]
Mars' Lost Atmosphere: MAVEN Probe Scientist Explains New Finding
The MAVEN spacecraft recently revealed that Mars’ once-thick atmosphere was stripped away by powerful solar activity at some time in its history. Space.com talked with Bruce Jakosky, principle investigator for MAVEN, about the findings. “MAVEN has been focused on trying to understand the changing Mars climate,” Jakosky told Space.com. Geologic evidence suggests Mars was once […]
Lone Star Flight Museum to Land Where NASA Astronaut Jets Take Off
Artist’s rendering of the new Lone Star Flight Museum being built at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas.Credit: Lone Star Flight Museum HOUSTON — For 24 years, former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar came to Ellington Field to fly. On Monday (Nov. 9), she returned to the southeast Houston airport, the home to NASA’s aircraft operations, to dig — […]
Rosetta and Philae: one year since landing on a comet
One year since Philae made its historic landing on a comet, mission teams remain hopeful for renewed contact with the lander, while also looking ahead to next year’s grand finale: making a controlled impact of the Rosetta orbiter on the comet. To source
Comet 67P Tumbles Through Space | Space Wallpaper
About this Image The navigation camera on Rosetta captured this image of Comet 67PChuryumov-Gerasimenko tumbling through space with gases escaping the larger lobe with an unnatural glow. [Read more about Comet 67P .] Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 To source
Don't Miss Your Last Chance to See Saturn for Awhile
Half an hour after sunset Thursday night, November 12, look for Saturn and the thin crescent moon low on the southwestern horizon.Credit: Starry Night software. If you’ve been looking for Saturn lately, you’ve seen it rapidly sinking towards the sun in the southwestern sky just after sunset. In reality what is happening is that Saturn […]
Strategic Command Issues Statement on Trident Missile Test that Freaked Out the West Coast
With images like these, it’s no wonder California — not to mention the Twittersphere — freaked out Saturday evening when an unannounced test of a submarine-launched Trident missile lit up the evening sky. Photographer Porter Tinsley and her wife were on the shore of California’s desolate Salton Sea taking long exposures and time lapses with […]
Wow! Missile Test That Shocked California Snapped Against Milky Way | Video
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Exoplanet GJ 1132b: Earth-size World Is Near-Twin of Venus (Infographic)
By Karl Tate, Infographics Artist | November 11, 2015 01:00pm ET A planet close to its parent star is hot like Venus, but rotates quickly and could have a substantial atmosphere. FULL STORY: Closest Earth-size Alien Planet Found, May Be a Venus Twin Called GJ 1132b, the exoplanet is located 39 light-years from Earth and is […]