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More Starlink satellites ride into orbit on predawn launch of Falcon 9 rocket
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off to begin the Starlink 4-17 mission. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at first light Friday with 53 Starlink internet satellites, completing an all-nighter of space operations just five hours after returning four astronauts to a splashdown off the west coast of Florida.
Splashdown of SpaceX capsule caps busy season of space station crew rotations
SpaceX’s recovery team prepares to lift the Dragon Endurance spacecraft from the Gulf of Mexico early Friday. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Friday with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, the sixth crew launch or landing in support of the station program in fewer than 50 days.
Humanity will go to Mars 'in this decade,' SpaceX president predicts
Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet's surface before the end of the 2020s, according to SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell.
InSight Senses its two Biggest Marsquakes so far, Coming From the Opposite Side of the Planet
On Nov. 26th, 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) lander arrived on Mars. Since then, this robotic mission has been using its advanced suite of instruments to study Mars’ interior and geological activity to learn more about its formation and evolution. One of these is the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), the lander’s primary instrument, which was deployed on the Martian surface less than a month after it arrived.
James Webb Space Telescope begins final check-outs before science observations
NASA's next-generation observatory is entering the last stages of preparation before showing scientists an all-new view of the universe.
Virgin Galactic pushes 1st planned commercial passenger flight to 2023
Aspiring space tourists will need to wait a little longer before soaring into suborbital space with Virgin Galactic.
Large Hadron Collider experiment investigates neutrino's minuscule mass
Scientists are investigating the elusive neutrino with a new experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Will Russia leave the ISS? Take Roscosmos chief's words with a grain of salt
You may have heard that Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin recently threatened, yet again, to pull his nation out of the International Space Station program. Here's what's actually going on.
Why Believing in the Multiverse Isn’t Madness
What is the multiverse? The idea that the universe we inhabit is just one of many parallel universes gets a superhero shout-out in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the latest movie based on Marvel comic-book characters.
LinkSpace returns: Chinese startup plans rocket launch and landing this year
China's LinkSpace plans to send a rocket into space and land it safely in late 2022, three years after the startup's last major test.
Black holes: Everything you need to know
Black holes are real, they're some of the strangest objects in space. Discover what black holes are and how they form with our informative black hole guide.
Lockheed Martin tests new hypersonic weapon concept for DARPA
Lockheed Martin tested a hypersonic weapon prototype for the U.S. military's DARPA that flew at 5 times the speed of sound.
Return highlights | Cosmic Kiss
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The Crew Dragon capsule carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron home from the International Space Station splashed down off the coast of Florida, USA, on Friday 6 May 2022 at 05:43 BST/06:43 CEST.
Astronomers spot the brightest intergalactic pulsar yet beyond the Milky Way
PSR J0523-7125 is more than 10 times brighter than any known radio pulsar outside the Milky Way.
Scientists Create Molecules that can Follow Darwinian Evolution
A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered a set of RNA molecules that are capable of replication and diversification. This potentially allows the molecules to undergo Darwinian evolution, pointing the way to a possible first step to life on Earth. As lead author Assistant Professor Ryo Mizuuchi said, “The results could be a clue to solving the ultimate question that human beings have been asking for thousands of years — what are the origins of life?”
The next giant leap: Interview with 'Deliver Us Mars' game developers
We talk to Koen and Paul Deetman, the founders of KeokeN Interactive about their ambitious new space adventure game, Deliver Us Mars.
Venus-like worlds are surprisingly common in 'habitable' zones
The current definition of habitable zone only examines the amount of sunlight reaching a planet. It may be time to question that definition.
Meringue on the moon: Top Chef winning dish to fly on NASA mission
Buddha Lo's pavlova will someday travel "miles and miles" on a NASA mission. Lo, a cheftestant on the Bravo competition "Top Chef: Houston," won the show's space food challenge.
Listen to the 'echoes' of black holes chowing down on stars
Researchers have detected eight new "echoing" black hole systems in the Milky Way, and they sound like passing through an eerie wind tunnel.
