Artist’s concept of Mars One’s envisioned colony on the Red Planet.Credit: Bryan Versteeg/Mars One A new Web TV series follows the efforts of five people who hope to be among the first humans to set foot on Mars. The subjects of the new series, which is called “Citizen Mars” and airs on Engadget.com, aim to […]
An artist’s depiction of a sunflower-shaped starshade that could help space telescopes find and characterize alien planets.Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech In an attempt to better characterize planets beyond the solar system, some scientists are turning to big, flower-shaped disks known as starshades. Intended to be used in space in combination with a separately flying telescope, a starshade […]
A new illustrated book, “Ladies of Kirk,” features drawings and descriptions of the many women encountered (and kissed) by Capt. James T. Kirk on “Star Trek.”Credit: Kelley McMorris/Kickstarter A famed “Star Trek” captain’s romantic conquests have come to life in a new illustrated book. The new book showcases all the women Capt. James T. Kirk […]
Watch the replay of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov opening the hatch to the International Space Station after a two-day flight in space To source
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After a two-day flight in space, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov arrived at the International Space Station at 07:39 GMT (09:39 CEST) To source
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2 image of the Northern Territory desert in Australia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, the European Space Agency’s Andreas Mogensen and Aidyn Aimbetov of Kazakhstan approaches the International Space Station for docking on Sept. 4, 2015.Credit: NASA TV Three new crewmembers arrived at the International Space Station early Friday morning, boosting the orbiting lab’s population to a level not seen since […]
A new line of “Star Wars” toys was revealed at midnight (Sept. 4) at the Times Square Toys ‘R’ Us.Credit: Calla Cofield/Space.com NEW YORK – The Force is strong with these toys. At 11:50 p.m. last night (Sept. 3), more than 200 fans were lined up in front of the Toys ‘R’ Us in Times […]
Launched in December 2014, the asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 is now cruising in outer space as scheduled. It will arrive at the asteroid 1999 JU3 in 2018, the same year that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is due to arrive at the asteroid Bennu. Both the Japanese and American explorers are attempting to unlock the mystery of the […]
Artist’s impression of LISA Pathfinder, which will look for gravitational waves in space.Credit: ESA–D. DUCROS The fabric of spacetime is continually being stretched and squeezed due to the motion of all the bodies of the universe. These fluctuations are called gravitational waves and an upgraded, ground-based set of stations called the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) […]
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft in orbit.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech One of the two science instruments aboard a NASA Earth-observing satellite that launched earlier this year has failed, agency officials say. The radar instrument on NASA’s $916 million Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft stopped returning data on July 7, a few […]
An artist’s illustration shows the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) laser beaming data to Earth from its perch on the International Space Station.Credit: NASA NASA spacecraft may soon be able to beam their data home to Earth blazingly fast — with lasers! In space, a slow data connection means more than just annoyingly long […]