Week in images: 27 February - 03 March 2023
Space News & Blog Articles
Tune into the SpaceZE News Network to stay updated on industry news from around the world.
China selects mystery astronauts for 2023 missions to Tiangong space station
China has selected the astronauts that will fly a pair of crewed missions to its Tiangong space station this year.
SpaceX Crew 6 liftoff lights up the sky in stunning photos
SpaceX's Crew-6 liftoff is captured in stunning images that illustrate the drama and excitement of a nighttime rocket launch.
Flash sale: SkySafari 7 astronomy app is up to 60% off on app stores
SkySafari 7 stargazing app is as low as $2.99, giving astronomers savings of over 50% on the 'Plus' and 'Pro' versions of the app which is available for iOS and Android.
SpaceX capsule docks at space station with multinational crew
The arrival of the four-man crew on SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft — wearing blue flight suits — temporarily raised the size of the space station crew to 11 people. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station Friday, delivering two NASA astronauts, an Emirati astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut to the complex after a short delay for ground teams to uplink a software fix to mask a bad sensor on the capsule’s docking mechanism.
Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets
We have yet to find microbial life on another planet. But with the assistance of autonomous drones, we may be able to find it sooner rather than later.
A Chinese spacecraft has been checking out US satellites high above Earth
The Chinese satellite TJS-3, which launched in 2018, has been inspecting other nations' spacecraft high above Earth in geostationary orbit.
Media briefing on the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission
Video: 00:45:00
The Independent Enquiry Commission tasked with analysing the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission shares its findings.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 3 – 12
Venus and Jupiter draw majestically apart in the evening twilight, 1° farther each day. Much higher, Mars makes its third pass in the last five months between the horntip stars of Taurus.
ESA’s Solar Orbiter Spies a Transit of Mercury
Solar Orbiter’s unique vantage point recently allowed researchers to make a crucial observation of the solar system’s innermost world.
Earth from Space: Poyang Lake, China
Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter.
Loss of flight VV22: Independent Enquiry Commission announces conclusions
Press Release N° 7–2023
Galactic seascape
Image: Galactic seascape
A Very Young Star is Forming Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
Since the 1930s, physicists and radio engineer Karl Jansky reported discovering a persistent radio source coming from the center of our galaxy. This source came to be known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), and by the 1970s, astronomers determined that it was a supermassive black hole (SMBH) roughly four million times the mass of our Sun. Since then, astronomers have used increasingly-advanced radio telescopes to study Sgr A* and its surrounding environment. This has led to many exotic discoveries, such as the many “Stars stars” and gaseous “G objects” that orbit it.
See Jupiter and Venus dance across the twilight sky in this amazing photo collage
A stunning image shows what the photographer calls "10 Days of Nearness" between Jupiter and Venus, spanning from Feb. 21 to March 2, 2023.
The Dark Energy Camera Captures the Remains of an Ancient Supernova
The first written record of a supernova comes from Chinese astrologers in the year 185. Those records say a ‘guest star’ lit up the sky for about eight months. We now know that it was a supernova.
Moon-dust shield could help fight climate change on Earth
Launching huge amounts of moon dust toward a gravitationally stable spot between Earth and the sun could help cool our planet, a new study suggests.
A Mysterious Blob Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Finally Have an Explanation
At the center of the Milky Way, there is a massive persistent radio source known as Sagittarius A*. Since the 1970s, astronomers have known that this source is a supermassive black hole (SMBH) roughly 4 million times the mass of our Sun. Thanks to advancements in optics, spectrometers, and interferometry, astronomers have been able to peer into Galactic Center. In addition, thanks to the international consortium known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), the world got to see the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) in May 2022.
Live coverage: SpaceX ready for Starlink launch from California
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the Starlink 2-7 mission with 51 Starlink internet satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
SpaceX Webcast
Astronomers Prepare for a Total View of Total Solar Eclipses
A team of astronomers have proposed a series of missions utilizing land, sea, and airborne observatories to continuously monitor as many total solar eclipses as possible in the coming decade. These missions will reveal aspects of the solar corona that cannot be studied by any other means.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars between Red Planet airfields on 46th flight
The helicopter flew a third of a mile on the surface on Feb. 25, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday (March 1).
