Spacecraft India's Chandrayaan 2 Has Officially Entered an Orbit Around The MoonScienceAlert - DAN ROBTZSKI India's Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft is now in orbit around the Moon. That means it's on schedule to touch down on the lunar surface on September 7, …
Moon India’s lunar mission just got one giant leap closer to the moonDigital Trends - Allison Matyus India’s uncrewed lunar mission entered into the moon’s orbit on Tuesday, bringing it within striking distance of its historic goal, according to an …
The Future Elon Musk ponders solar reflectors instead of nuking Mars to warm it upCNET - by Amanda Kooser Less explosions and more shiny things might be the key to making the Red Planet habitable.
Spacecraft Hot Damn, We're Going To EuropaJalopnik - Jason Torchinsky Of all the planets and moons in our solar system that are likely to harbor life, Europa has to be one of the most promising. I mean, yeah, Earth is …
Space Force New US Space Command Will Launch Next Week, VP Pence Saysspace.com - Hanneke Weitering The new United States Space Command will officially be up and running by the end of the month, Vice President Mike Pence said today (Aug. 20) at a …
NASA Nuclear Propulsion Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Saysspace.com - Mike Wall Humanity's next giant leap could be enabled by next-gen nuclear tech, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. During the sixth meeting of the …
Satellites China Just Launched a Communications Satellite. Is It in Trouble?space.com - Hanneke Weitering A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launched a new communications satellite into orbit today (Aug. 19) — but its days might be numbered. After lifting off …
Buzz Aldrin Moon landing shock: Buzz Aldrin admits 'disappointment’ with NASA over Apollo 11express.co.uk - Callum Hoare BUZZ ALDRIN admitted his disappointment with NASA over their Apollo 11 decision during an extremely candid unearthed interview. On July 20, 1969, …
Play buttonTesla Roadster Tesla Roadster with ‘Starman’ completes first orbit around the sunElectrek - Fred LambertElon Musk’s Tesla Roadster that SpaceX launched into space on their Falcon Heavy rocket last year has completed its first orbit around the sun, according to a tracking report. If you have somehow forgotten
Asteroid Bennu Asteroid shock: How asteroid Bennu revealed something NASA scientists weren't ready forexpress.co.uk - Luke Chillingsworth A BILLION dollar NASA space probe has reached a massive asteroid called Bennu – but astonishing new pictures taken from just above the surface have …
CCTV China state agency successfully launches rocket for commercial use: CCTVReuters - by Pei Li and Ryan WooBEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese government space agency successfully launched on Saturday its first rocket meant for commercial use, state television CCTV reported, as firms in the country compete to join
Science Here’s what Earth might look like to alienssciencemag.org - Daniel Clery When Earthly astronomers train their telescopes on exoplanets beyond our solar system, they’re lucky to see even a single dot of light. How can they …
Gravitational Waves A Novelist Teaches Herself Physicsnautil.us - By Kevin Berger August 15, 2019 Helen Clapp, a professor of theoretical physics at MIT, recounted the biggest news of 21st century physics, the detection of gravitational waves by …
Science Catch Rockets With a Helicopter? Yep, That's the PlanWIRED - Daniel Oberhaus In the span of just four years, reusable rockets have gone from never-been-done to almost routine, at least at SpaceX. Blue Origin was the first to …
Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic unveils new Mission Control for space tourism24matins.uk - By 24matins.uk with AFP, Space tourism moved a step closer to reality Thursday as Virgin Galactic unveiled its new Mission Control at a spaceport in New Mexico and the …
U.S. Marines Idaho pilot becomes first woman to fly F-35 jet for Marine CorpsFox News - Stephen SoraceA commercial helicopter pilot from Idaho has become the first woman in the Marine Corps to fly an F-35 fighter jet, a supersonic stealth aircraft. Marine Capt. Anneliese Satz, a 29-year-old Boise native,
Asteroid Bennu NASA Finalized Four Landing Sites On Asteroid BennuMashable - Aakarsh DubeIt was two weeks ago when astronomers captured breathtaking photographs of the asteroid Bennu or 101955 Bennu through the asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The spacecraft had managed to capture
Methane Methane on Mars Isn't Being Released by Wind Erosionspace.com - Mike Wall One small piece of the Mars methane mystery may have just been solved. NASA's Curiosity rover has spotted multiple surges of methane in Mars' air over …
Light Sail Spacecraft That Could Cover 3.6 Million Miles Per Day Successfully Tested In Earth's OrbitMashable - Aakarsh DubeLightSail, a project by The Planetary Society, demonstrates and explores the capabilities of solar sailing by putting it in low Earth orbit by using a miniature satellite called CubeSat. Although something
Roscosmos Europe and Russia’s mission to Mars runs into a speed bump after two failed parachute testsThe Verge - Loren GrushEurope and Russia’s joint robotic mission to Mars has hit a snag after the parachutes needed for landing the spacecraft on the Red Planet failed in two back-to-back tests. There isn’t much time left to
Black Holes Astronomers just found a black hole so huge it makes our galaxy’s black hole look like a babybgr.com - Mike Wehner At the heart of our home galaxy is a supermassive black hole that gobbles up anything that gets too close. It’s huge, with a mass of 4 million times …
Galaxies Scientists Found a Way to Create Millions of Virtual Universesfuturism.com - Kristin Houser Scientists used a supercomputer to simulate the creation and evolution of 8 million virtual universes, each containing 12 million galaxies — and in …
Hasselblad A Photographer Made a Working Replica of NASA’s Moon CameraWIRED - Daniel Oberhaus The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don’t belong,” the documentary photographer Susan Meiselas once said. It’s an observation that …
NASA NASA Selects Final Four Site Candidates for Asteroid Sample Returnnasa.gov - Karen Northon NASA Selects Final Four Site Candidates for Asteroid Sample Return After months grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu’s surface, the …
University of Hawaii Astronomers losing observation time amid protests in HawaiiNew York Post - By Associated Press HONOLULU — Asteroids, including those that might slam into Earth. Clouds of gas and dust on the verge of forming stars. Planets orbiting stars other …
Comets Meet 'Churymoon'! Photographer Spots Tiny Moon in 2015 Rosetta Comet Photosspace.com - Mike Wall Europe's Rosetta spacecraft wasn't the only object circling Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko back in 2015. Earlier this year, Spanish astrophotographer …
The Future ESA's Mars rover has a bummer of a parachute problemCNET - by Amanda Kooser The space agency is working hard to figure out why the rover's descent parachutes aren't passing their tests.
NASA First View of 'Interplanetary Shock' Spotted by NASA Spacecraftspace.com - Meghan Bartels A team of four NASA spacecraft finally caught sight of a phenomenon scientists have been hunting for years: an interplanetary shock. The spacecraft …
Technology A planetary telescope would use Earth’s atmosphere as a giant lensMIT Technology Review - Emerging Technology from the arXiv The “terrascope” could outperform the light-gathering power of any feasible ground-based telescope. Telescopes are expensive devices. The Giant …
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