Week in images: 05-09 September 2022
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Babylon 5 to return with a secret project featuring original cast
The 1990s science-fiction series, which pioneered multi-season arc storytelling, is about to get a revival.
We Still Have no Idea if it's Safe to be Pregnant in Space
Can humans reproduce in space? The short answer is that we don’t know. The long answer is maybe, but there are significant barriers to overcome to make zero-gravity pregnancy safe, and research into the subject is only just beginning.
Webb Captures an Exoplanet, a Brown Dwarf — and a Giant Tarantula
Over the past week, the James Webb Space Telescope has captured both its first exoplanet and its first brown dwarf as well as photographed the firestorm of star formation in […]
VP Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council meeting today (Sept. 9)
Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over her second National Space Council meeting Friday (Sept. 9) at 2:20 p.m. EDT (1840 GMT).
Interstellar objects might have crashed on to the moon
Hunting for interstellar objects in our solar system may have a new venue: the moon. Finding out if they crashed there likely will require astronauts to go hunting.
Hubble Space Telescope sees spiral of star formation in neighboring galaxy
The early universe experienced a rapid "baby boom" of star formation. Now clues collected from a stellar nursery in the Small Magellanic Cloud could hint at the conditions that caused it.
An early harvest full moon rises Saturday (Sept. 10)
The full moon of Saturday (Sept. 10) also carries the title of the Harvest Moon for those living in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fusion is the process of forcing together two light atomic nuclei and creating a heavier one, in the process taking a tiny amount of matter and turning it into massive amounts of energy.
This is ESA: now interactive – in 23 languages!
This is ESA is an illustrated guide to what ESA is and what we do. It has been available in print since 2019. Now this brochure is also available as an interactive publication in all ESA Member State languages.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 9 – 17
As the Moon wanes from full to last quarter, passing Jupiter and Mars along the way, darkness returns to the evening sky for constellation spotters and deep-sly observers.
MTG-I1 weather satellite shows off
Before Europe’s first Meteosat Third Generation Imager leaves the south of France at the end of the month aboard a ship bound for French Guiana, this remarkable new weather satellite has been taking centre stage at Thales Alenia Space’s facilities in Cannes.
There’s Still Hope for SLS to Launch in September
After two scrubs for Artemis I, there were serious concerns there will be no further launch attempts at least until mid-October. But it looks like we might see the maiden flight of SLS in September after all.
The Saturn V was Incomprehensibly Loud. Like Thousands of jet Aircraft Taking off Together
What’s the loudest sound you’ve ever heard? Many people will say an aircraft engine unless they are lucky enough to have attended a rocket launch. And if there was one rocket that was louder than them all, it was the Saturn V, the behemoth that blasted the Apollo astronauts to the moon. But just how loud was it?
SpaceX fires up all 6 engines of Starship prototype ahead of orbital test flight (video)
SpaceX fired up the engines of its space-bound Starship prototype Thursday afternoon (Sept. 8) in a dramatic test that also set some of the surrounding landscape ablaze.
Bouncy Castles on the Moon. Inflated Habitats Might be the Best Way to Get Started on a Lunar Base
In this decade, multiple space agencies will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. In addition to NASA, the ESA, China, and Roscosmos, commercial space entities like SpaceX and Blue Origin are hoping to conduct regular missions in support of human exploration while also mounting their own private ventures. In time, this activity could result in the creation of permanent infrastructure, a regular human presence, and the emergence of a lunar economy. Nevertheless, there are many questions about how humans will live in lunar conditions and what type of facilities will be needed.
NASA, other space agencies mourn passing of Queen Elizabeth II
NASA and others in the space community are adding their voices to the chorus mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
New 'Star Trek: Resurgence' comic book is a prequel to upcoming video game
IDW to release a prequel comic series to this year's "Star Trek: Resurgence" video game.
New satellite images reveal largest Pakistani lake overflowing dangerously
After weeks of off-the-charts monsoon rains, Pakistan's largest freshwater lake started overflowing in early September, new satellite images reveal.
A new way to teach science (op-ed)
A new way of teaching science can give students a chance to learn how science really makes its way forward and offer them a chance to mix it up themselves.
NASA officials evaluating late September launch dates for Artemis 1 moon mission
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 30. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
NASA officials said Thursday they hope to try again to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket from the Kennedy Space Center as soon as Sept. 23 or 27, but that schedule comes with two big caveats: A repair to a leaky liquid hydrogen fueling line must hold tight during a tanking test next weekend, and the Space Force’s Eastern Range has to extend the certification of batteries on the moon rocket’s flight safety system.
