China has rolled out a rocket to the pad to send three astronauts from the desert up to its new Tianhe space station core module, although the launch date remains a mystery.
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Astronauts choose ‘Endurance’ as name for new SpaceX crew capsule
European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron pose for a photo during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX
The astronauts who will ride SpaceX’s newest Dragon spaceship into orbit later this month said Thursday they named their spacecraft “Endurance” as a tribute to the human spirit and a historic sailing vessel used by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
DxO PhotoLab 4 review
DxO PhotoLab 4's strong AI DeepPRIME technology combined with U Point local adjustment accuracy keeps images clean and precise by removing noise and mosaicing artefacts
William Shatner says he's 'terrified' days ahead of flight with Blue Origin
Days after news broke that William Shatner would reach space with Blue Origin on Oct. 12, the "Star Trek" actor admitted that he's experiencing some pre-flight jitters.
ZWO ASI183MC Pro review
The ZWO ASI183MC Pro camera offers high-end features in an affordable package. We check out how it performs under the night sky.
Pluto's atmosphere is starting to disappear, scientists find
Pluto's atmosphere is going through a strange transformation, scientists are finding.
Striking bull's-eye-shaped clouds form above erupting La Palma volcano
Satellite images released by NASA's Earth Observatory show concentric rings of clouds forming above the erupting volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands.
Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight! Here's how to see it.
The annual Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight (Oct. 8), just after dusk, and the moon will be dim enough for skywatchers to catch a good view.
Blue Origin launches William Shatner and crew of 3 to the final frontier and back
Between Saturday and Thursday evenings (Oct. 9 to Oct. 14), the moon will visit not one but three bright planets: Venus, Saturn and Jupiter.
Webb Quest: Mind-blowing mission to the early Universe
The United States Mint has finalized the design of a new coin that when released next year will honor America's first woman to fly into space.
Hawaiian volcanic eruption glows in gorgeous satellite photos
Incredible images from space show the Hawaiian volcano Kīlauea's eruption glowing in the dark.
NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid at 15,000 mph. Will it make a dent?
NASA's DART mission will crash a spaceship into an asteroid at 15,000 mph. The mission launched in November.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 8 – 16
The crescent Moon returns to the evening sky, passing Venus, then the Saturn and Jupiter pair. Venus itself passes Delta Sco and then Antares. Auroras may shimmer, the Draconids may sputter; the sky never ceases to call.
Earth from Space: Budapest, Hungary
Budapest, the capital and most populous city in Hungary, is visible in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Galileo satellites arrive at Europe’s Spaceport
The latest pair of Galileo satellites have touched down at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ahead of their launch together next month.
Perseverance Sees Evidence of Flash Floods in Jezero Crater
Nearly eight months into the Perseverance rover’s mission on Mars, researchers have confirmed that Jezero crater is (as was believed) an ancient lakebed, but more significantly, that it once experienced powerful flash floods that pushed boulders from tens of miles upstream into the crater basin.
Watch live: The Royal Astronomical Society will stream live views of Uranus @ 4 am ET
The first of three live webcasts will begin on Friday (Oct. 8) at 4 a.m. EDT (0800 GMT).
Nancy Grace Roman Just Passed a Critical Design Review
By 2027, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – or Roman Space Telescope (RST), for short – will take to space and build on the legacy of the venerable Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Combing a large primary mirror, a camera as sensitive as its predecessors, and next-generation surveying capabilities, Roman will have the power of “One-Hundred Hubbles.” It’s little wonder then why the telescope is named after Dr. Roman (1925 – 2018), NASA’s first Chief Astronomer and the “Mother of Hubble.”
An Exoplanet Reaches 2400 C in One Hemisphere. Does it Really Rain Iron?
WASP-76b is an ultra-hot Jupiter about 640 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces. A few years ago it gained notoriety for being so hot that iron falls as rain. It’s tidally locked to its star, and the planet’s star-facing hemisphere can reach temperatures as high as 2400 Celsius, well above iron’s 1538 C melting point.
Asteroid probe mounted on Atlas booster originally assigned to astronaut flight
A crane raises the Lucy spacecraft, encapsulated inside its payload fairing, atop an Atlas 5 rocket Thursday. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Teams at Cape Canaveral transferred NASA’s Lucy asteroid explorer to a United Launch Alliance integration building Thursday and mounted the robotic science probe atop an Atlas 5 rocket for liftoff later this month, using a booster originally built to send astronauts into space.
