China has rotated a space station module to a lateral docking port as part of the process of building its T-shaped Tiangong space station.
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Speeding Cloud Might Come from Recent, Nearby Supernova
Hypervelocity clouds, generally thought to be falling fast into the Milky Way, might have an alternative explanation that places them near us.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aborts double-satellite launch at last minute
A veteran SpaceX rocket poised to make its 14th flight aborted its launch attempt less than one minute before liftoff on Thursday (Oct. 6).
Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch on record-tying 14th mission Friday night
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on its record-tying 14th mission Friday (Oct. 7), and you can watch the action live.
New space arms race could hinder exploration efforts
The growing weaponization of space poses a threat to human spaceflight in multiple ways, experts warn.
New 3D view of Cat's Eye Nebula suggests double star hides at its heart
A brand new 3D model showcases the complex beauty behind the Cat's Eye Nebula.
The asteroid targets of this NASA mission are turning out to be very strange
NASA's Lucy spacecraft still has five years of trekking through space before it sees its first Trojan asteroid, but mission scientists are already getting a sense of what these rocks look like.
Satellite images reveal the scale of Nord Stream pipeline leak
Satellite data revealed that the Nord Stream gas leak was not as bad as it seemed, at least in the context of global annual methane emissions.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 7 – 15
The bright Moon this week passes Jupiter, then Mars. Deep-sky darkness starts returning to the evening sky on the Thursday the 13th. The bulky Andromegasus Dipper is on autumn display.
Earth from Space: Bouches-du-Rhône
The port town of Fos-Sur-Mer, in the southern part of Bouches-du-Rhône, France, is featured in this image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2. It is from here where the first Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite set sail last week on its journey to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Cables, tie-wraps and no step!
Image: Cables, tie-wraps and no step!
Dragon crew capsule delivers four new residents to International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX’s four-person Dragon Endurance crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station Thursday, delivering U.S., Japanese, and Russian crew members to the complex and replacing four astronauts scheduled to conclude their long-duration science mission next week.
NASA had Been Designing Lunar Bases for Decades Before Armstrong First Set Foot on the Moon
It’s only natural to look at the Moon and wonder what it would be like to live there. Thanks to Buzz Aldrin who landed there in 1969, we know it’s a magnificent desolation. Even before the Apollo missions science fiction writers and scientists knew how desolate the place was. But, as far back as the late 19th Century, they also saw it as a natural outpost. So did NASA, the former Soviet Union, and their respective militaries. And, that led to people on both sides drawing up elaborate plans for Moon bases.
SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission arrives at the International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon capsule Endurance arrived at the space station today (Oct. 6), ending a 29-hour orbital chase.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket ready to launch two Intelsat telecom satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch Intelsat’s Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 geostationary communications satellites. Follow us on Twitter.
World Space Week 2022: 'Learning Lunchbox' science kits reach kids across the US
Ohio's Center of Science and Industry launched a 'Learning Lunchbox' initiative to help their community in 2020. 2 years later, it has the attention of NASA and the White House.
Dual satellite launch for Intelsat next on SpaceX’s launch schedule
The Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 (top and bottom) satellites stacked in launch configuration at SpaceX’s payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Intelsat
For the third time in 31 hours, SpaceX is poised to fire a Falcon 9 rocket into space Thursday, this time on a mission from Cape Canaveral with two commercial Intelsat television broadcasting satellites heading for geostationary orbit as part of a multibillion-dollar program to clear C-band frequencies for 5G wireless services.
Ready to launch: National Air and Space Museum set to reopen with new galleries
The Smithsonian is ready to reopen the National Air and Space Museum and debut eight new galleries in Washington, DC. The reimagined exhibits include "Destination Moon" and "Exploring the Planets."
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe still struggling en route to the moon
The little CAPSTONE spacecraft is stable, but engineers haven't yet regained full control as it flies towards the moon.
Orionid meteor shower 2022: When, where & how to see it
The Orionid meteor shower peaks between Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 and is visible until early November. We explore the annual shower in more detail here.
Astronomers see Tantalizing Evidence for one of the First Stars to Form in the Universe
According to the predominant cosmological model, the first stars in the Universe formed roughly 100,000 years after the Big Bang. Known as Population III stars, these early stellar masses were very large, short-lived, and contained virtually no metals or heavier elements. Over time, elements like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and iron formed in their interiors through nucleosynthesis. When these stars reached the end of their lifespans, they exploded in a supernova many times greater than anything we see today (a “super-supernova”), causing these elements to be dispersed throughout the cosmos.
