Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion today, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, atop a Soyuz launcher. To source
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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Kibo-ABC Member Countries' News: Indonesia
Kibo-ABC Member Countries’ News: Indonesia Last Updated: September 11, 2015 Finalists of the Scientific Writing Competition for high school students in Indonesia, “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science,” are conducting simulated microgravity experiments for the final competition in October The Scientific Writing Competition “Clinostat Experiment, Space Simulation on Life Science” has begun, in cooperation […]
Galileo lifts off – replay
Replay of liftoff of Soyuz ST-B carrying Galileo satellites 9 and 10, at 02:08 GMT, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana To source
SpaceX Animates Crew Dragon's In-Orbit Ride | Video
IMAX Hubble 3D: The Director’s Take – Exclusive Video Virgin Galactic: Let The Journey Begin Elon Musk vs. Neil Armstrong: SPACEX vs. Constellation A Hotel Room in Space Mars Pix, Orbiters for Sale, ISS News – This Week In Space SpaceShipTwo Makes First Solo Test Flight The Business of Space Flight SpaceShip Two’s Roomy and […]
SpaceX Unveils The Interior Of Crew Dragon | Video
Visions of Venus The Expanding Danger of Space Debris: Fragmentation Two Sides Has The Moon – And Here’s What’s On Them The Business of Space Flight Elon Musk vs. Neil Armstrong: SPACEX vs. Constellation IMAX Hubble 3D: The Director’s Take – Exclusive Video What’s Next for NASA? A Hotel Room in Space Too Late to […]
New Photos of Pluto Show a World More Complex and Beautiful Than Ever
An “over-the-top” complex mix of craters, ice flows, mountains, valleys and apparent dunes coexist on Pluto in the latest amazing images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. “Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of process that rival anything we’ve seen in the solar system,” New Horizons’ principal investigator Alan Stern, from the […]
Pluto's Chaos Region Explored In New Probe Pics | Video
New imagery from the NASA’s New Horizons’ mission has been processed. High detailed views of the Sputnik Planum and the Chaos region give you the perspective from 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) above Pluto’s equatorial area. Credit: NASA/JHPL/SWRI/mash mix: Space.com’s @SteveSpaleta To source
Total Solar Eclipse Visible From United States In 2017 | Visualization
On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, the United States will fall under the Moon shadow with huge swaths of the country viewing a total eclipse, while the rest is treated to a partial eclipse. Exact areas can be seen in these visualizations created by NASA. Credit: NASA/GSFC To source
New Firefly Rocket Engine Passes Big Test, Will Launch Small Satellites
Texas-based Firefly Space Systems, which aims to launch small satellites, has tested its first rocket engine.Credit: Firefly Space Systems A company that aims to launch small satellites to orbit has successfully tested its first rocket engine. Texas-based Firefly Space Systems, which is developing rockets dedicated to getting small spacecraft aloft, has conducted a ground test […]
Evolution of Video-Game Spaceships Traced in 'Guinness World Records 2016 Gamer's Edition'
This new infographic from Guinness World Records 2016 Gamer’s Edition shows how video-game spaceships have changed over the years.Credit: Guinness World Records This awesome new image from the folks behind the Guinness World Records traces the evolution of video-game spaceships, from the simple dots and dashes of “Spacewar!” in 1962 to the hyperrealistic Anaconda craft […]
Stephen Colbert Says Elon Musk Is Either a Supervillain or a Superhero
SpaceX CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk was a guest on the second episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” on Sept. 2, 2015.Credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS Elon Musk appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last night (Sept. 9) to talk about dropping nuclear bombs on Mars, the future of […]
Why Pluto's Big Moon Charon Has a Red Polar Cap
The reddish polar patch on Pluto’s moon Charon is visible in this image, which was taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 13, 2015, from a distance of 289,000 miles (466,000 kilometers).Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute The north pole of Pluto’s big moon Charon likely gets its reddish color from […]
'Red Dragon' Mars Sample-Return Mission Could Launch by 2022
SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule could be modified to help bring Mars samples back to Earth, some researchers say.Credit: SpaceX A mission that uses SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to help bring chunks of Mars rock back to Earth for analysis could launch as early as 2022, researchers say. This “Red Dragon” project — which remains a concept at […]