Although some rocket-borne missions last years or decades, others, such as the cast of NASA's Sounding Rockets Program, do their science during a short hop that doesn't even reach orbit.
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1st orbital test flight of SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket pushed to March at the earliest
Visualizations can inspire creative new ways of thinking about an object. But holding that visualization in your hand adds a whole other level of impact to it. That desire for impact has led Dr. Nia Imara, an astrophysicist and artist at UC Santa Cruz, to create the first-ever 3D printed models of stellar nurseries.
'Resident Alien' returns to Syfy with Season 2 premiere tonight!
Week in images: 6 - 10 September 2021
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' mid-season 2 trailer promises even more space hijinks for fans
Madness, mayhem, heroics and hijinks, fans of "Lower Decks" have plenty to look forward to
Watch the cast of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' introduce themselves
Some familiar characters return as well as some interesting new ones
Brilliant meteor lights up sky over southern England coast (video)
The meteor lit up the night sky.
'Fallout' series from Amazon appoints showrunners, Jonathan Nolan to direct premiere
As students head back to school, NASA is ready with resources for students, teachers, and families.
'Chestbursters' and the dark calling of the lunar underground — Commander's report: lunar day 14
Physicists sifting through old particle accelerator data have found evidence of a highly-elusive, never-before-seen process: a so-called triangle singularity.
SpaceX's Inspiration4 all-civilian spaceflight: When to watch and what to know
Here's everything you need to know about the private Inspiration4 mission on SpaceX's Crew Dragon.
Lego Star Wars X-Wing review
It’s the most iconic ship in the Star Wars universe, but does the Lego Star Wars X-Wing live up to its legendary status?
Arianespace will launch two European navigation satellites on a Soyuz rocket tonight. Watch it live.
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Work is underway to sort and assess applications from more than 22 500 ESA astronaut hopefuls. The rigorous selection process will take around 18 months. Initial screening to ensure that basic criteria are met will be followed by medical and psychological tests, exercises and interviews.
Volcanic trenches on Mars
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This image of the young volcanic region of Elysium Planitia on Mars [10.3°N, 159.5°E] was taken on 14 April 2021 by the CaSSIS camera on the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).
SpaceX delays back-to-back Falcon 9 rocket launches due to bad weather
Here's our guide on how to clean binoculars properly, so you're well-prepared for the next stargazing event.
How NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will get ready for its first cosmic observations
Starlight is a great stargazing app for learning the basics but doesn’t offer much depth beyond what you’ll find with a simple Google search.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 10 – 18
The evening Moon steps eastward over Scorpius as it waxes through first quarter. All four giant planets await your telescope in early to late evening.
Earth from Space: Danube Delta
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Danube Delta – the second largest river delta in Europe.
Perseverance Drills Another Hole, and This Time the Sample is Intact
When it landed on Mars in February of 2021, the Perseverance rover joined a small armada of robotic explorers working hard to characterize Mars’ environment and atmosphere and determine if it ever supported life. But unlike its predecessors, one of the key objectives of the rover is to obtain samples of Martian soil and rock, which it will leave in a cache for later retrieval by a joint NASA-ESA mission.
Perseverance rover collects 2nd Mars sample (photos)
Perseverance collected another drilled-out core of a Martian rock dubbed "Rochette," sealing the sample in its designated titanium tube on Wednesday (Sept. 8).
Cosmonauts outfit new science module on 50th planned Russian spacewalk outside space station
Two cosmonauts continued the outfitting of a new module outside the International Space Station on what was the 50th planned spacewalk to originate from the Russian segment of the orbiting outpost.
White Dwarfs can Continue Burning Hydrogen, Even After They’re Dead
White dwarfs are supposed to be dead remnants of stars, doomed to simply fade away into the background. But new observations show that some are able to maintain some semblance of life by wrapping themselves in a layer of fusing hydrogen.
