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Update on the Potential May 31st tau Herculid Meteor Storm
If skies are clear, be sure to watch for a potential tau Herculid meteor outburst early next Tuesday morning.
Live coverage: SpaceX rideshare launch on tap today, followed by booster landing
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 Transporter 5 mission will launch 59 small payloads from customers around the world. Follow us on Twitter.
HP Reverb G2 review
The HP Reverb G2 offers great value for money, firmly nailing down the mid-range VR headset niche.
Potential new meteor shower is 'all or nothing event,' says NASA astronomer
A blast of new meteors may emerge during a tau Herculid meteor shower on May 30 and 31, but that's not a sure thing.
Historic Greenland ice sheet rainfall unravelled
For the first time ever recorded, in the late summer of 2021, rain fell on the high central region of the Greenland ice sheet. This extraordinary event was followed by the surface snow and ice melting rapidly. Researchers now understand exactly what went on in those fateful summer days and what we can learn from it.
5 ways to save money when buying photography equipment
With the cost of living continuously rising, here are our best tips on saving money when buying photography equipment.
Hubble telescope spots enormous elliptical galaxy surrounded by mysterious shells
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new view of a gigantic galaxy that is more than twice the size of the Milky Way.
Supporting the Paris Agreement from space
Earth observation is already capable of supporting national climate action, but there are many more opportunities on the horizon, according to discussions today among leading scientists and policymakers at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium being held in Bonn, Germany.
Go inside Boeing's Starliner capsule with space station astronauts (video tour)
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station provided an up-close view of Boeing’s Starliner capsule in a recent video tour from orbit.
Mercury astronaut's long-lost space-flown watch found in Breitling archives
The first Swiss watch worn in space has been found in time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its mission. Breitling revealed the watch Scott Carpenter used on the second U.S. orbital spaceflight.
Watch SpaceX launch a small satellite fleet and land a rocket today. Here's when and how.
SpaceX will launch a batch of small satellites to orbit and land the returning rocket today (May 25), and you can watch the action live.
Boeing's Starliner capsule will return to Earth today. Here's how to watch live.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will come back to Earth on Wednesday evening (May 25), and you can watch its homecoming live.
Lego space deals: discounts on spaceships, space stations and NASA kits
Blast off with these amazing Lego space deals for space fans young and old.
The Moon’s Ancient Volcanoes Could Have Created Ice Sheets Dozens of Meters Thick
Everyone loves looking at the Moon, especially through a telescope. To see those dark and light patches scattered across its surface brings about a sense of awe and wonder to anyone who looks up at the night sky. While our Moon might be geologically dead today, it was much more active billions of years ago when it first formed as hot lava blanketed hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of the Moon’s surface in hot lava. These lava flows are responsible for the dark patches we see when we look at the Moon, which are called mare, translated as “seas”, and are remnants of a far more active past.
Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entry
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA
Astronauts on the International Space Station closed the hatch to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft Tuesday, and ground teams used the lab’s robotic arm to inspect the capsule’s heat shield to clear the vehicle for undocking Wednesday and return to Earth for a late afternoon landing in New Mexico.
Spacesuits are Leaking Water and NASA is Holding off any Spacewalks Until They can Solve the Problem
NASA’s spacesuits are getting old. The extra-vehicular mobility units – EMUs for short – were designed and built for spacewalks outside NASA’s space shuttles, which flew for the last time in 2011. Nowadays, the EMUs are an integral part of maintaining and upgrading the International Space Station (ISS) exterior, providing the crew with the ability to live and work in the vacuum of space for extended periods of time (spacewalks regularly last from 6 to 8 hours). However, at the end of the most recent spacewalk on March 23, NASA astronaut Kayla Barron discovered water in the helmet of German astronaut Matthias Maurer while she helped him remove the suit.
Starliner Launches Successfully, but Two of its Thrusters Failed
Last week, Boeing’s next-generation CST-100 Starliner took off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, reached orbit, and docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Designated Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), this uncrewed test flight successfully validated the reusable space capsule for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). This program, a public-private partnership between NASA and commercial launch providers (SpaceX and Boeing), aims to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective payload and crew transportation to the ISS from American soil.
Nanoracks experiment poised to demonstrate metal cutting in orbit
The Outpost Mars Demo-1 payload ready for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare mission. Credit: Nanoracks
Nanoracks will fly an experiment with a small articulating robot arm on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare mission this week to demonstrate metal cutting in orbit, a test lasting just minutes that could advance in-space manufacturing technology to help convert used rocket stages into space habitats.
SpaceX swapping heat shield for next crew flight due to ‘manufacturing defect’
SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft after splashdown May 6, with its heat shield displayed toward the camera. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
SpaceX’s next crew mission to the International Space Station, set for launch in September, will fly with a different heat shield structure than originally planned after a composite substrate failed in acceptance testing due to a “manufacturing defect,” NASA said Tuesday.
