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Astra scrubs return-to-flight rocket launch due to lightning risk
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'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 4, Episode 9 begins setting up the big season finale
A Long March 3B rocket lifts off with the Chinasat 2E satellite Thursday. Credit: CASC
China launched a communications satellite likely designed for use by the Chinese military Thursday, keeping up a busy schedule of space missions with the country’s fourth orbital launch attempt in barely a week.
SpaceX deploys another batch of Starlink satellites
Virgin Galactic has started selling seats on its suborbital spaceliner again — but the price has gone up.
Apollo 17 moonwalker hails launch of fellow geologist-astronaut Jessica Watkins
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing’s Starliner capsule depart pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday morning. Credit: Boeing
Ground teams at Cape Canaveral wheeled Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule and a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket back inside their assembly hangar Thursday for further troubleshooting of misbehaving valves inside the Starliner propulsion system.
Happy birthday, Juno! NASA's Jupiter probe launched 10 years ago today
NASA's Jupiter-exploring space probe Juno celebrates 10 years in space today (Aug. 5).
SpaceX, Planet ink deal to launch Earth-imaging satellites through 2025
Planet has signed another contract with SpaceX, locking it in as the 'go-to launch provider' for the satellite-imaging company through 2025.
Chinese rocket launches two small satellites to test communications tech
A Long March 6 rocket lifts off Wednesday with two small satellites. Credit: Institute of Microsatellite Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
A Chinese rocket successfully launched Wednesday with a pair of small communications satellites reportedly linked to a secretive German company. The Chinese institute that built the satellites said they will test laser communications and electric thruster technologies.
Comets' heads may be green, but never their tails, study finds
It’s August and that means the Perseid meteor shower! One of the year’s most beloved celestial events peaks on Wednesday night−Thursday morning, August 11–12.
Spaceflight 2022: Missions to Watch in the Coming Year
The U.S. Space Force has booked two missions with Astra, the first of which will launch a test payload from Alaska during a window that runs from Aug. 27 through Sept. 11.
SpaceX's Starship SN20 rolls out to launch pad ahead of 1st orbital test flight
SpaceX rolled out its next version of Starship to the pad Thursday (Aug. 5) as the company shoots for an ambitious orbital test.
Astronomy and Geophysics is Rife With Bullying and Harassment
It’s a common reassurance made by adults to teens and adolescents who constantly face the threat of violence, cyberbullying, and ostracism: “It gets better.” Once you graduate, once you grow up and join the workforce, all the mistreatment and abuse will cease and people will appreciate you for who you are. All the hard work and perseverance you’ve shown over these many years will finally pay off.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity scores another safe flight on Red Planet
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars is still going strong, notching its 11th Red Planet flight on Thursday (Aug. 5).
Space Storm Knocks Out Latest Batch of Starlink Satellites
The moon's complex geologic history could act as a pointer to understand other rocky worlds in the universe, including those that are potentially habitable, new research finds.
Rocket Lab to recover booster on launch next month
Astronomers have discovered the two reddest objects in the asteroid belt, and their origin story might tell us more about planet formation.
Methuselah: The oldest star in the universe
An NFT artwork made it to space for the first time ever last week, and the pioneering piece will soon go on sale.
Name of James Webb Space Telescope not yet a closed case, NASA officials say
Storm formation during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season will be higher than previously predicted, according to an update by NOAA scientists.
A message to Ukraine? Cosmonauts wear yellow-and-blue flight suits for trip to space station
Boeing's Starliner capsule will trudge back inside for more checks after skipping a Tuesday launch attempt when indications suggested a problem with a valve in the vehicle's propulsion system.
Two Spacecraft are Flying Past Venus, Just 33 Hours Apart
When Longfellow wrote about “ships passing in the night” back in 1863, he probably wasn’t thinking about satellites passing near Venus. He probably also wouldn’t have considered 575,000 km separation as “passing”, but on the scale of interplanetary exploration, it might as well be. And passing is exactly what two satellites will be doing near Venus in the next few days – performing two flybys of the planet within 33 hours of each other.
Shadows on the Moon Could be Hiding Water, Even in the Daytime
Shadows have been known throughout history to be excellent hiding places. They may even be hiding unexpected things off the Earth as well. According to a new NASA study, there might be water that moves from shadow to shadow on the moon – even in daylight.
'Peas in a pod' planetary system offers nearby gems to scientists
When a rocky planet half the size of Venus, an ocean world, and perhaps a planet that could host liquid water on its surface all show up orbiting the same star, astronomers take notice.
