An asteroid four times the size of a football pitch will miss Earth on All Hallows’ Eve. The flyby highlights the need to watch for space rocks. To source
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[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] ACT-ISAS Team Wins the “America’s Cup” of Rocket Science
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced the winner of the 8th edition of the Global Trajectory Optimization Competition (GTOC), and ACT-ISAS team won this year’s first place. The ACT-ISAS team was born as collaboration between ESA (European Space Agency) and ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan), including former ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team […]
NASA Astronauts Making Spacewalk Debut at Space Station Today: Watch Live
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen in his NASA spacesuit on the International Space Station on Oct. 27, 2015 ahead of his first spacewalk on Oct. 28 with crewmate Kjell Lindgren, also of NASA.Credit: NASA via Scott Kelly/@StationCDRKelly Two NASA astronauts will take the first spacewalk of their careers today (Oct. 28) and you can […]
Declassified: The NRO's Abandoned Plans for a Manned Spy Space Station
The National Reconnaissance Office released Oct. 22 a trove of declassified records —including this silent video and photos below — from the 1960s about a military human spaceflight program. The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) would have sent military astronauts to a small space station. The cover story of MOL was that the U.S. Air Force was testing […]
What Would an Alien Megastructure Look Like? Sci-Fi Authors Weigh In
A diagram of a Dyson sphere as one might be constructed in our solar system.Credit: Bibi Saint-Pol (Wikimedia) A star is dimming for reasons that astronomers can’t explain. Observations by NASA’s Kepler space telescope revealed that the star KIC 8462852, which lies about 1,500 light-years from Earth, dimmed dramatically and strangely several times over the […]
'Let's Go Mets!' Astronaut Mike Massimino Roots for His Home Team
Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino cheers on the Mets for Game 1 of the 2015 World Series at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, where a Mets home plate that he took into space is on display.Credit: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum NEW YORK — Attention, sports fans! Game […]
Does Science Drive the Success of 'Star Trek'?
With several “Star Trek” fan projects getting funded by independent crowdsourcing platforms lately, it’s clear the franchise still has a lot of support after nearly five decades since “Star Trek: The Original Series” first aired. The fan film “Star Trek: Axanar” nearly doubled its goal earlier this year and raised $526,260 for four “episodes” of a […]
Earth Bloomed Early: A Fermi Paradox Solution?
An artist’s impression shows innumerable Earth-like planets to come into existence over the next trillion years in the universe.Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) Our place in the universe is a conundrum — life on Earth evolved to create a technologically-savvy race that is now looking for other technologically-savvy intelligences populating our galaxy. But […]
October's Full Moon Rises Tonight: Learn Its Lunar Names
A brilliant full moon rises over Caguas, Puerto Rico on Aug. 10, 2014 in this stunning photo by photographer Fernando Roquel Torres. The full moon of October 2015 rises on Oct. 27, 2015.Credit: Fernando Roquel Torres, Sociedad de Astronomía del Caribe The full moon of October will rise tonight (Oct. 27) in a lunar treat […]
Celebrating rebirth
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: All Hallows’ Eve celebrates the cycle of destruction and rebirth, which our Cluster mission knows well To source
When Robots Colonize the Cosmos, Will They Be Conscious? (Op-Ed)
Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, writer and host of “Closer to Truth ,” a public television series and online resource that features the world’s leading thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Kuhn is co-editor with John Leslie, of “The Mystery of Existence: Why Is There Anything at All?” (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013). This article is based on […]
Near-Space Balloon Flights Closer With Mini-Capsule Test | Video
World View Enterprises of Tucson, AZ plans to charge $75,000 for 1 to 2 hours of “black sky” experience, with wi-fi, a bar, and a bathroom. A 10 percent scale model of their capsule was lofted to 100,475 feet via high-altitude balloon. Credit: World View Enterprises To source
Scott Kelly Prepares For a Spacewalk
Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly tries on his spacesuit for a fit check inside the U.S. Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren will venture outside the station for a pair of spacewalks on Wednesday, Oct. 28 and Friday, Nov. 6. To source