The spacecraft carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his NASA astronaut colleagues Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron docked to the International Space Station at 00:32 CET Friday, 12 November (23:32 GMT Thursday, 11 November), marking the official start of Matthias’s first mission ‘Cosmic Kiss’.
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Black Friday Zeiss binoculars deals: Discounts on top-rated models
There aren't many Black Friday Zeiss binoculars deals at the moment, but we're keeping an eye out for any discounts.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 12 – 20
Venus, Jupiter and Saturn highlight the dusk. Mercury and Mars are a dawn challenge. And get ready for the barely-almost-total eclipse of the Moon.
Earth from Space: Cancún, Mexico
Cancún, situated in Quintana Roo on the northeast coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Crew-3 docking replay
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Relive the moment the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, Endurance, docked to the International Space Station with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his NASA colleagues Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron on board.
Live coverage: SpaceX ready to launch more Starlink satellites Friday morning
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Fungi Were Able to Absorb Radiation on the ISS. Could Astronauts Grow Their own Radiation Shields in Space?
A lack of effective radiation shielding is one of the biggest challenges still to be overcome if humans are to embark on long-term voyages into deep space. On Earth, the planet’s powerful magnetosphere protects us from the deadliest forms of radiation – those produced by solar flares, and galactic cosmic rays arriving from afar – that stream through the Solar System. Astronauts on the International Space Station, some 408km above the Earth, receive elevated levels of radiation, but are close enough to Earth that they still receive some shielding, and can stay on orbit for up to a year. The same can’t be said for astronauts traveling further out, to the Moon, for example, or, someday, to Mars. Future deep space voyagers will need to bring their own shielding with them – or, as a new paper suggests – grow it along the way.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance arrives at space station with four Crew-3 astronauts
A shiny new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the company's Crew-3 mission docked successfully at the orbiting lab Thursday evening (Nov. 11).
SpaceX crew capsule docks at International Space Station
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SpaceX will launch 53 Starlink satellites early Friday. Here's how to watch live.
SpaceX will launch its first stack of Starlink broadband satellites since May from the East Coast tomorrow morning (Nov. 12) and you can watch the action live online.
Brilliant fireball lights up night sky after SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut launch
A brilliant fireball lit up the night sky just after a SpaceX rocket launched the Crew-3 NASA mission late Wednesday (Nov. 10).
SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts and NASA honor Veterans Day from space and Earth
NASA and its astronauts are sharing their respect for U.S. veterans this Veterans Day (Nov. 11).
SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket for Starlink launch
Just ten hours after launching a crew capsule from a nearby pad, SpaceX ignited the main engines on a reused Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday morning for a brief test-firing ahead of a planned liftoff Friday to begin a new phase of deploying the company’s Starlink satellite internet network.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Type-1a Supernovae
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Today’s topic is almost too hot to handle: Type-1a Supernovae!
Look up to see the moon near Jupiter in the night sky tonight. Here's how.
Look up tonight (Nov. 11) to see the moon skate past Jupiter in the night sky.
Landsat 9’s First Images are Here
The latest satellite in the Landsat family of Earth observation spacecraft has collected its “first light” images of our planet. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021 and it continues the nearly 50-year tradition of making critical observations to help with energy and water management, forest monitoring, human and environmental health, urban planning, disaster recovery and agriculture.
Read an exclusive excerpt from Titan's relaunched 'Trek' magazine 'Star Trek Explorer'
Titan Publishing is offering fans a new quarterly periodical, 'Star Trek Explorer: The Official Magazine.'
Beaver Moon lunar eclipse 2021: When, where and how to see it on Nov. 19
On Nov. 19, a partial lunar eclipse will reward patient sky observers with a view of a subtly changing moon and is a must-see event as it's the last lunar eclipse of the year.
Playmobil's Star Trek Starship Enterprise model is $144 off at Amazon in this early Black Friday deal
You can save over $144 on Playmobil's Starship Enterprise in an early Black Friday deal from Amazon.
Hubble is Back Online — Partially
The Hubble Space Telescope has been in ‘safe mode’ since October 23, with all of the science instruments offline and unavailable for observations. However, engineers have now been able to bring one instrument, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), back online, and have restarted its science observations. NASA said engineers are still investigating the issue as the other four instruments remain offline.
Tour SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance with its Crew-3 astronauts in this NASA video
The Crew-3 astronauts on SpaceX's new Crew Dragon Endurance have shared a brief glimpse of their life in orbit after launch.
