This view combines information from two instruments on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to map color-coded composition over the shape of the ground in a small portion of the Nili Fossae plains region of Mars’ northern hemisphere. To source
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Soyuz Snaps Amazing View of Space Station Dock Switch | Time-Lapse Video
The Earth and Space Station can be seen from the Soyuz TMA-16M’s point of view. The ‘parking spot’ move was necessary to make way for a new crew arriving the following week. Astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka were at the helm of the spacecraft during the flight on Aug. 28th, 2015. Credit: […]
Prawn Nebula View Offers Stunning Glimpse of 'Cosmic Recycling' (Video)
A new view of the Prawn Nebula shows “cosmic recycling” at work: Glowing clusters of newborn stars illuminate surrounding gas, expelled from an earlier stellar generation, which will eventually form into even newer stars. The 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Obsevatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile snapped a choice section of the reddish nebula […]
Alien Oceans' Glint Could Reveal Habitable Water Worlds
This artist’s concept shows Kepler-62f, an exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, which is located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Researchers think Kepler-62f may be a “water world.”Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech The bright glint of alien oceans may be visible from afar, allowing astronomers to flag potentially habitable exoplanets. As […]
'Cosmic Recycling' Seeds The Prawn Nebula | Observatory Zoom-In Video
The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile was used to deliver a new stunning view of the nebula (also known as Gum 56). For over millions of years, stars have been born from the gas of the nebula and in turn they have re-seeded the area through the course of the their […]
US Military Launches Advanced Tactical Communications Satellite Into Orbit
An unmanned Atlas V rocket carrying the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System 4 satellite (MUOS-4) launches into space from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a pre-dawn liftoff on Sept. 2, 2015.Credit: United Launch Alliance The United States Navy launched an advanced new tactical communications satellite into orbit today (Sept. 2) to join […]
[Project Topics] Hayabusa2 additional ion engine operation for Earth swing-by
Topics List Sep. 2, 2015 UpdatedHayabusa2 additional ion engine operation for Earth swing-by On Sept. 1 (Tue.) and 2 (Wed.), the ion engine of the Hayabusa2 was additionally operated in order to increase the orbit control accuracy for the Earth swing-by.The additional jet emission was completed as scheduled, and the ion engine was operated for […]
One man and his robot
Technology image of the week: ESA’s head of telerobotics introducing the rover Andreas Mogensen will soon be operating from orbit To source
[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] Seen from Space – Release of JAXA Himawari Monitor
Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a new webpage “JAXA Himawari Monitor ” showing the color images and the quicklook images of the geophysical data from the geostationary satellite of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Himawari-8. JAXA and JMA has exchanged the agreement on the distribution and the release […]
Full replay: iriss launch
Watch the full replay of Soyuz TMA-18M launch to the International Space Station with ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen To source
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen launched to Space Station
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov were launched into space this morning 2 September at 04:37:43 GMT (06:37:43 CEST) from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. To source
Russian Rocket Launches International Crew of 3 Toward Space Station
Three new crewmembers launched toward the International Space Station early Wednesday morning, embarking on a mission that will boost the orbiting lab’s population to a level not seen in nearly two years. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, Andreas Mogensen from the European Space Agency and Kazakhstan’s Aidyn Aimbetov blasted off atop a […]
Blast Off! New Crew Launch Will Make It 9 On Space Station | Video
Sergey Volkov (Roscosmos), Andreas Mogensen (ESA) and Aidyn Aimbetov (Kazakh Space Agency) will join 6 others on the International Space Station (ISS) in two days after their launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 2nd, 2015. It will mark the first time since 2013 that the ISS will be inhabited by 9 people. […]