SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches on April 27, 2015, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying Thales Alenia Space’s TurkmenÄlem52E/MonacoSat satellite to orbit.Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has signed two new contracts to launch communications satellites a few years from now, the company announced Monday (Sept. 14). SpaceX will loft one satellite for the Spanish […]
by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist | September 15, 2015 03:26pm ET New Shepard, named after Mercury astronaut and Apollo moonwalker Alan Shepard, is Jeff Bezos’ scheme for high-altitude, near-space tourism. A propulsion module (rocket) lobs the crew to an altitude of 307,000 feet (93,573 meters) – well above the height required to earn NASA astronaut […]
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA’s Cassini mission. To source
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA’s Cassini mission. To source
The NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been detecting icy space rocks for two decades. The 3000th new observation came on September 13th, 2015. SOHO data from 1998 to 2010 – compiled here – show the orbits of sun-grazers and others. Credit: NASA/GSFC To source
The Mars Generation, launched on Sept. 15, 2015, aims to prepare the next generation of space buffs by getting youth excited about space and science education.Credit: The Mars Generation Abigail Harrison wasn’t alive to see the moon landings. She wasn’t alive to witness the first space shuttle launch. And she’s not even old enough to […]
Earth’s gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks. To source
Earth’s gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks. To source
At the midpoint of astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko’s stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA commissioned the actor, best known as Star Wars’ Lando Calrissian, to speak of the importance of their mission. Credit: NASA To source
This story was updated at 1:45 p.m. EDT. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of private spaceflight company Blue Origin and founder and CEO of Amazon.com, announced today that Blue Origin will make Florida’s Space Coast its home port for reusable rocket launches. Blue Origin , which Bezos founded in 2000, will […]
On September 15th, 2015, Amazon / Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos announced intentions to revitalize Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 36, site of the Mariner, Surveyor, Pioneer and other launches. Florida governor Rick Scott is excited that 300+ jobs will thus be created on the ‘Space Coast.’ (Full Story) Credit: NASA To source
On Sept. 13, 2015, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA — discovered its 3,000th comet, cementing its standing as the greatest comet finder of all time. Prior to the 1995 launch of the observatory, commonly known as SOHO, only a dozen or so comets had […]
Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Andreas Mogensen returns to Earth after completing his iriss mission To source