NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is spending a year in space during his Expedition 44 mission to the International Space Station. Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are flying the yearlong space mission to study the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body.Credit: NASA Two space travelers on the International Space Station are entering rarely […]
ESA invites university students around the world to compete in designing a mission scenario for the next step in space exploration: a human–robotic partnership for exploring the Moon To source
The slithering head of Hydra, marked in red, moves its way into the northern latitudes, seen here of the pristine lake of Llyn y Fan Fach in the Brecon Beacons Dark Sky Reserve in Wales, U.K.Credit: Copyright Huw James Media Huw James is a science communicator, fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and guest lecturer […]
Demonstrating one small step for rover operations, a European astronaut successfully maneuvered a machine on Earth in precision operations from his perch 248 miles (400 kilometers) high on the International Space Station. Sept. 7, the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen helped demonstrate the first “force feedback” using a rover controlled from space. With […]
ESA’s sun-watching satellite Proba-2 captured Sept. 13’s partial solar eclipse three times as it orbited the Earth; in each, its extreme ultraviolet SWAP imager caught the moon approaching and overshadowing part of the sun.Credit: ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium When the moon blocked the sun in a partial solar eclipse on Sunday (Sept. 13) a European […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A partial solar eclipse occurred on Sept. 13, 2015. See photos from the event by skywatchers in South Africa and a satellite in space. To source
Jon Adams’ Web comic, “Chief O’Brien,” follows the exploits of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Chief O’Brien, responsible for beaming crewmembers on and off of the ship. A new graphic novel delves into O’Brien’s day-to-day life.Credit: Jon Adams While fans of “Star Trek” love to talk about “away missions” to the surface, a new Kickstarter […]
This composite image of Jupiter’s moons Io (top right) and Europa shows three volcanic plumes on Io’s surface, the largest 190 miles (300 kilometers) high. Two smaller plumes are also visible on the edge of the disk and along the illuminated border.Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Something strange is happening on Io: The […]
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 10, 2015. Kelly wrote, “#GoodMorning Texas! Great view of you, the #moon , and #Venus this morning. #YearInSpace” To source
Will CarbonSat or FLEX be ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission? Follow discussions at the User Consultation Meeting on 15–16 September To source
Space science image of the week: ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite experienced three partial solar eclipses yesterday To source
Artist’s concept of a robot-run space transportation hub at geosynchronous orbit, about 22,370 miles (36,000 kilometers) from Earth.Credit: DARPA The future of spaceflight involves building, refueling and repairing spacecraft in a depot far from Earth, all without the aid of human hands, officials with the United States military say. The Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
Xtronaut, which comes with everything you see here, aims to teach gamers seven and up about the technical and political hurdles involved with exploring the solar system. And also to raise an education and public outreach budget for NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission.Credit: Dante Lauretta WASHINGTON — The head of NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample-return […]