Virgin Galactic has announced the crew of its second commercial spaceflight mission, set to launch Aug. 10.
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Russian rocket debris falls from space in spectacular fireball over southern Australia (video)
A Russian rocket body fell back to Earth near southern Australia on Monday night (Aug. 7), putting on quite a show for observers in the region.
NASA's Mars Helicopter Had an Unscheduled Landing, But Flew Again
The Ingenuity helicopter continues to explore the landscape around Jezero Crater on Mars, now more than 800 days into its original 30-day demonstration mission. Recently, Ingenuity completed its 54th flight on the Red Planet. However, things haven’t gone exactly to plan the past several weeks.
Artemis 2 astronauts eager to prep Orion spacecraft for more moon missions
Artemis 2 will be a shakedown mission for humans to go around the moon on the new Orion spacecraft. Its crew says they want to pave the road for moon landing missions.
Mars is Spinning Faster and Faster
A day on Earth last about 24 hours. The word “about” in that sentence does a lot of heavy lifting because Earth’s rate of rotation changes all the time. Not by much, only fractions of milliseconds, but it means our common 24-hour day only really applies at human scales.
Trio of tiny autonomous NASA rovers will launch to the moon next year
A trio of miniature autonomous NASA rovers will soon head for the moon, with the aim of boosting the efficiency of exploration missions.
Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.
Olight Perun 2 headlamp review
This compact multifunctional flashlight meets headlamp combo has quickly become our go-to light for outdoor adventures.
Portugal blaze
Image: With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows the fire on 7 August.
AI algorithm discovers 'potentially hazardous' asteroid 600 feet wide in a 1st for astronomy
A new AI algorithm programmed to hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids has spotted its first space rock.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity spies Perseverance rover during 54th Red Planet flight (photo, video)
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity snapped a photo of the Perseverance rover on Aug. 3, during the chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.
See the moon dance with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades before dawn on Aug. 9
The moon will dance with the Seven Sisters during the early morning on Wednesday, Aug. 9, during a close approach to this fascinating open star cluster.
Best Star Trek games of all time
Boldly go where no one has gone before with our in-depth, ranked list of the best Star Trek games of all time.
Stay up late to see the half-lit moon during its last quarter phase tonight
The moon will be half illuminated by the sun on Tuesday, Aug. 8, during its last quarter phase, exactly midway between the completely lit full moon and the fully dark new moon.
Astroscale aims to capture old space junk with robotic arm in 2026 (exclusive video)
A lightweight version of the International Space Station's robotic arm will help Astroscale remove decades-old space junk from Earth's orbit in the first mission of its kind.
A New Paper Shows How To Change An Asteroid Into A Space Habitat – In Just 12 Years
The basic idea of turning an asteroid into a rotating space habitat has existed for a while. Despite that, it’s always seemed relatively far off regarding technologies, so the concept hasn’t received much attention over the years. But, if you’re retired and have an underlying interest in researching space habitats, developing a detailed plan for turning an asteroid into one seems like a great use of time. And that is precisely what David W. Jensen, a retired Technical Fellow at Rockwell Collins, recently did. He released a 65-page paper that details an easy-to-understand, relatively inexpensive, and feasible plan to turn an asteroid into a space habitat.
Antarctica vulnerable to extreme events
According to the World Meteorological Organization, July 2023 is likely to have been the hottest month on record. While much of Europe, North America and Asia suffered the immediate consequences of these brutal temperatures, extreme events are also hitting hard far away in the icy reaches of Antarctica. In a paper published today, scientists highlight Antarctica’s vulnerability to extremes and the role that satellites play in monitoring this remote region.
Live Coverage: SpaceX to launch 15 Starlink satellites from West Coast
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 with 15 second generation Starlink satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Threads or Twitter.
File photo: a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands on its launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceXFirst piloted flight of Boeing’s oft-delayed Starliner spacecraft slips to at least March
A Starliner capsule and its service module during processing at Boeing’s assembly hangar at the Kennedy Space Center. Image: NASA.
The first piloted launch of Boeing’s oft-delayed Starliner crew capsule is slipping to next March at the earliest because of ongoing work to test and replace the capsule’s parachute system and to resolve issues with a flammable adhesive used in protective electrical tape, officials said Monday.
China launches Fengyun-3F meteorological satellite to orbit
China has added a new satellite to its fleet of meteorological spacecraft.
Watch SpaceX launch 15 Starlink satellites to orbit tonight
SpaceX plans to launch 15 more of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Aug. 7), and you can watch the action live.
