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What time will India's moon mission Chandrayaan-3 land Aug. 23? Here's how to watch live.
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission is poised to place a lander and a rover on the moon, and you can watch the historic broadcast live for free.
Catch a Cycle of Lunar Occultations of Antares Starting This Week
Most of North America gets to see the Moon blot out Antares Thursday night.
Getting ready for Huginn
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Crew-7 has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, in the run-up to the International Space Station launch.
New XRISM X-ray mission to study the most violent events in the universe will launch on Aug. 26
XRISM, a new mission to study X-ray signals stemming from violent explosions and scorching cosmic locations, will launch on Saturday (Aug. 26) to assist scientists studying the evolution of our universe.
What does the Luna-25 moon lander crash mean for Russia's lunar exploration plans?
The first domestically produced moon probe in modern Russia history, Luna-25 was important in both political and scientific terms. The implications of its failure are likely to be considerable.
Crew-7 mission to the Space Station given green light for launch by NASA, partners
A SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon Endurance capsule stand ready on pad 39A for the Crew 7 mission. Image: NASA.
NASA, SpaceX and its international partners meet at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday and gave the go ahead for the launch of the seventh operational Crew Dragon mission to the space station.
Russia's Luna 25 Lander Crashed Into the Moon
On August 10th, 2023, Roscosmos’ Luna-25 mission launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome atop a Soyuz-2 rocket. This mission was the first lunar mission to launch from Russia since the 1970s and would be the first Russian lander to touch down in the South-Pole Aitken basin. This mission was part of Roscosmos’ partnership with China to develop an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) in the region by 2030. Unfortunately, Russia announced on Saturday, August 19th, that the lander spun out of control and crashed into the surface.
SpaceX, NASA declare Crew-7 astronaut mission 'go' for launch
SpaceX and NASA have cleared the company's Crew-7 astronaut mission to the ISS for launch. Liftoff is scheduled for 3:49 a.m. EDT (0749 GMT) on Friday (Aug. 25).
Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured photos of a big sunspot, which should rotate into view for those of us on Earth in the coming days.
Watch Hurricane Hilary hit California hours after earthquake in this satellite video
Satellites watched weakening tropical storm Hilary bring a deluge to California hours after a series of earthquakes shook the Los Angeles region.
India's Chandrayaan-3 images far side of the moon ahead of Aug. 23 landing try (photos)
India's Chandrayaan-3 probe has photographed the far side of the moon, testing out landing optics that will be put to use during an Aug. 23 touchdown try.
James Webb Space Telescope offers a mesmerizing look at the Ring Nebula (photos)
The James Webb Space Telescope strikes again, this time with a beautiful new view of a famous planetary nebula. But don't be fooled — none of this has anything to do with planets.
Gravitational wave detectors on the moon could be more sensitive than those on Earth
Scientists developing more sensitive next-generation gravitational wave detectors struggle with technical challenges that might be easily overcome by putting such detectors on the moon.
SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos, video)
Four astronauts from four different countries arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 20 ahead of their expected launch from Florida Aug. 25.
SpaceX rolls rocket to pad ahead of Crew-7 astronaut launch (photos)
SpaceX has rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule to the launch pad ahead of the planned Friday (Aug. 25) liftoff of the Crew-7 astronaut mission for NASA.
Ten episodes of Star Wars to watch before Ahsoka
Fifteen years after she made her debut in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Jedi Ashoka Tano is finally getting her own Disney Plus series, Star Wars: Ahsoka.
Webb captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has observed the well-known Ring Nebula with unprecedented detail. Formed by a star throwing off its outer layers as it runs out of fuel, the Ring Nebula is an archetypal planetary nebula. The object is also known as M57 and NGC 6720, and is relatively close to Earth at roughly 2,500 light-years away.
Black Hole May Have Formed by Direct Collapse
Astronomers may have spotted a supermassive black hole in the early universe that formed when a gargantuan gas cloud imploded.
Turns out you can transmit sound in a vacuum, just not very far
For the first time, researchers were able to transmit, or "tunnel," sound waves across extremely small distances between two crystals in a vacuum.
