Moon astronauts will touch down on the surface in 2025 or so using SpaceX's Starship. NASA officials are sharing crew information with SpaceX to get ready for Artemis 3.
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'Dragon cloud' holds clues about how the biggest stars in the galaxy are born
A massive, cold clump of material in the heart of the "Dragon cloud" is ready to form a single giant star, and astronomers got a rare glimpse of the event.
ESA recruits for Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications and Director of Internal Services
The European Space Agency is currently looking for a new Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications and new Director of Internal Services to join its executive board and support the Director General, with responsibility for relevant ESA activities and overall objectives.
TESS Reaches Fifth Year of Extraordinary Mission, but its Work is Far from Over
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) recently reached its fifth anniversary of service to humanity as it continues to tirelessly scan the heavens for worlds beyond. Dubbed as an all-sky mission, TESS was launched on April 18, 2018, aboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket. During its five years in space, TESS’s four 24 degrees x 24 degrees field-of-view CCD cameras have successfully mapped greater than 93% of the cosmos.
Japanese company says commercial spacecraft crashed on moon landing attempt
Executives from ispace (lower left) watch animation of the Hakuto-R landing sequence Tuesday in Tokyo. Credit: ispace
A small spacecraft attempting to become the first privately-funded probe to accomplish a controlled landing on the moon likely fell to the lunar surface after running out of fuel Tuesday, according to the Japanese company ispace, which managed the mission.
Falcon Heavy rocket rolls back to launch pad after engine swap
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket for the ViaSat 3 Americas mission inside the hangar at Launch Complex 39A. The three Falcon Heavy boosters will be powered by 27 kerosene-fueled Merlin engines. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX rolled a Falcon Heavy rocket back to its launch pad in Florida Tuesday night for liftoff Wednesday with a high-power Viasat broadband satellite, following an eight-day delay for a launch vehicle engine swap.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity snaps incredible aerial photo of Perseverance rover during 51st flight
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured an incredible aerial photo of the Perseverance rover amidst the desolate Red Planet plains on April 22, 2023.
NASA needs sharper diversity focus to boost representation, audit finds
NASA has spent several years focusing on diversity and inclusion, but the agency agrees with results of a recent audit showing that more improvement is needed.
Pillars of Creation
The Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Eagle Nebula, a star-forming region located in the constellation Serpens. The image shows a towering column of gas and dust, over 7,000 light-years away from Earth, that is being sculpted by the intense radiation and winds from nearby young stars.
Japanese Company’s Moon Lander Is Presumed Lost After Going Silent
A lunar lander built and operated by ispace, a Japanese startup, descended to the surface of the moon today after a months-long journey — but went out of contact and was presumed lost.
US updates asteroid-defense strategy
The U.S. government has published an updated action plan for how to deal with potentially dangerous asteroids.
James Webb Space Telescope reveals rich chemistry of planet-forming disks for the 1st time
For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the chemical composition of dusty planet-birthing disks of material around distant stars.
Japanese Mission Attempts Moon Landing, Falls Silent
The Hakuto R lander, built by Tokyo-based iSpace, was to be a commercial mission to the Moon, but it has yet to phone home on landing day.
Private Japanese spacecraft apparently fails on historic moon landing try
The Hakuto-R lander, built by Tokyo-based company ispace, seems to have failed today (April 25) in its attempt to become the first private spacecraft to touch down on the moon.
New baby exoplanet discovered thanks to the 'wake' it leaves around its parent star
Astronomers witnessed a young Jupiter-size planet as it carves out spiral-shaped cavities in the disk of planet-birthing gas and dust that surrounds its parent star.
Live coverage: ispace poised for moon landing attempt today
Live coverage of the landing of ispace’s commercial Hakuto-R spacecraft on the moon. The landing attempt is scheduled for around 12:40 p.m. EDT (1640 UTC). Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
JWST Sees Merging Galaxies Releasing the Light of a Trillion Suns
If we want to know what it’ll look like in about 4.5 billion years when our galaxy merges with Andromeda, we might take a look at ARP 220. ARP 220 is a pair of galaxies that are in the process of merging. The merging galaxies emit brilliant infrared light, and the James Webb Space Telescope captured that light in a vivid portrait.
China tests heat-to-electrical power converter on Tiangong space station
Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been testing out ways to convert heat into electrical power.
Adobe Lightroom Review 2023
Adobe Lightroom is constantly raising its game with every update, but is it still the best image editing and organization software out there?
'Star Wars: Visions Vol. 2' trailer expands the Jedi galaxy with new animated anthology (video)
Disney+ releases new poster and launch trailer for "Star Wars: Visions Vol. 2" at Star Wars Celebration
SOHO chases asteroid's tail
The ESA/NASA SOHO observatory has overturned 14 years of thinking about the strange Sun-skirting ‘rock comet’ known as Phaethon that could reopen the mystery of how the Geminid meteor shower was born.
