Space News & Blog Articles
Chinese company's rocket launches 3 satellites into orbit
Images on social media show that Galactic Energy of China lifted off successfully from the Jiaquan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday (Aug. 9).
Best sci-fi TV shows of all time
When it comes to sci-fi on the small screen, there’s an abundance of choices to populate our best sci-fi TV shows of all time list.
Vaonis Stellina Observation Station Smart telescope review
The Stellina is a combination of a telescope and camera, and brings the Universe to the palm of your hand in minutes.
Best stargazing tents: keep warm and dry when skywatching
We round up the best stargazing tents for all situations, from solitary travelers to hosting parties.
Russia launches sharp-eyed spy satellite for Iran
Iran will soon have access to sharp orbital imagery, thanks to a newly launched Russian-built spy satellite.
Pluto explorer deep dives to the Titanic
For planetary scientist Alan Stern, witnessing the 20th century deep sea sarcophagus that is the Titanic serves up analogies to spaceflight.
Watch SpaceX launch 53 Starlink satellites and land a rocket at sea tonight
SpaceX will launch 53 of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea on Tuesday (Aug. 9), and you can watch the action live.
How dancing black holes get close enough to merge
New research suggests a way for black holes to merge quickly: They must be caught in the accretion disk of a supermassive companion.
A month on 'Mars': Traveling to the Red Planet
The Month on Mars expedition traveled to the Haughton-Mars Project base for its summer field season at a simulated Martian outpost.
Tracking marine plastic drift from space
Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a lorry-load of plastic enters the global ocean. Where does it end up? Right now, researchers simply don’t know. But in a bid to help find out, an ESA-led project developed floating transmitters whose passage can be tracked over time, helping in turn to guide a sophisticated software model of marine plastic litter accumulation.
With Martian air, Dirt, and Sunshine, It Should be Possible to Make Iron on Mars
When the first humans reach Mars, they’ll probably live in habitats that were there ahead of time or in habs made from their landers. Eventually, though, if people are going to settle on Mars in large numbers, they’ll need to become self-sufficient. A group of researchers at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia is looking at ways to make it happen. Their goal is in-situ resource utilization on the planet for solutions to building out the materials needed for Mars cities. They’ve come up with a proposal to produce metals for use on Mars, using only what’s available on the planet. It’s the first detailed study of its kind focused on metal production at another world. It has further implications for colonies on the Moon, as well.
Weather looks good for SpaceX Starlink launch on Tuesday
There's a 70% chance that the weather will be good enough to allow another batch of SpaceX's Starlink satellites to get off the ground from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Massive megastructures circle the Earth in trailer for sci-fi film 'Orbital'
Filmmaker Hashem Al-Ghaili has created a micro-budget sci-fi film with amazing visual effects in 'Orbital.'
A Remote Surgical Robot is Going to the International Space Station
In the near future, NASA and other space agencies will send astronauts beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the first time in over fifty years. But unlike the Apollo Era, these missions will consist of astronauts spending extended periods on the Moon and traveling to and from Mars (with a few months of surface operations in between). Beyond that, there’s also the planned commercialization of LEO and cis-Lunar space, meaning millions of people could live aboard space habitats and surface settlements well beyond Earth.
SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket returns to launch pad (photos)
SpaceX's massive "Booster 7" Super Heavy rocket prototype moved back to the launch pad Aug. 5 and 6 to prep for an orbital test flight with Starship later this year.
Surprise solar storm bashes Earth, with a second wave predicted for Monday
NOAA reported that a "moderate" solar storm struck Earth over the weekend, and another once could hit today.
Cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko, who led two docking flight tests, dies at 94
Soviet-era cosmonaut Anatoly Filipchenko, who launched on two docking tests, first for a possible Russian moon landing and then the first joint flight with the United States, has died at age 94.
Perseid meteor shower generates early 'shooting stars' (video)
If you're worried about the full moon washing out the Perseid meteor shower peak Aug. 12, go out now. NASA cameras have already spotted 'shooting stars.'
NASA opens up Artemis moon missions to all astronauts
The first agency assignments, for Artemis 2, should be announced later in 2022.
Artemis 1 moon mission launch ticket sales crashed website: report
Ticket sales for NASA's next moonbound launch briefly overwhelmed the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's website, but officials quickly addressed it.
