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How SpaceX's 1st Passenger Flight Around the Moon with Yusaku Maezawa Will Work
Photo Credit: SpaceX<p>Slide 1 of 31<p>SpaceX's private moon trip on the BFR<p>The private spaceflight company SpaceX aims to launch the first private mission …
BFRMattel, Inc. Releases Dream Chaser® Spacecraft Matchbox Toy
<b>SPARKS, Nev. (Sierra Nevada PR) –</b> America’s next generation spaceplane will soon be available in stores. Mattel, Inc. toymaker is releasing a Sierra …
Nevada CorporationNASA’s Eyes
Experience Earth and our solar system, the universe and the spacecraft exploring them, with immersive apps for Mac, PC and mobile devices.<p>Experience …
Mobile DevicesThe First Earthlings Around the Moon Were Two Soviet Tortoises - The Crux
By Eric Betz | September 18, 2018 5:00 pm<p>Russia’s Zond 5 spacecraft carried two steppe tortoises on the first successful flight around the moon. The …
Indian OceanSystems integration complete on Orion Service Module
The European Service Module for the next Orion mission has completed final system integration at the Airbus facility in Bremen, Germany after …
Solar PanelsNASA's planet-hunting spacecraft sends back its first images
NASA's new planet-hunting spacecraft, known as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is now beaming back data to help scientists track …
ExoplanetsNASA's $1 billion Juno spacecraft is probing Jupiter's deepest secrets — here are Juno's biggest discoveries so far
NASA's Juno probe reached Jupiter in July 2016, and scientists' view of the solar system has not been the same since.<p>The $1 billion mission has taken stunning images of the gas giant several hundred million miles from Earth.<p>More importantly, though, the tennis-court-size spacecraft has probed some …
North PoleElon Musk tweets new images of SpaceX's forthcoming BFR spacecraft
That's one big effing rocket.<p>With the imminent reveal of the mystery passenger who will be flying around the moon in SpaceX's forthcoming BFR, Elon …
TechnologyElon Musk tweets new spacecraft photos
CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin reports on Elon Musk's latest tweets of SpaceX's newest spaceships.
AerospaceJuno captures elusive 'brown barge'
A long, brown oval known as a "brown barge" in Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt is captured in this color-enhanced image from NASA's Juno …
Citizen ScienceTo St. Ann and Beyond — a local astronaut will test NASA’s next-generation spacecraft
Bob Behnken is helping NASA usher in a new era.<p>The astronaut, who grew up in St. Ann, has nearly 40 hours walking in the vacuum of space. Now he is …
Washington UniversityOn This Day: Space shuttle Enterprise debuts
On Sept. 17, 1976, NASA displayed its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, an airplane-like spacecraft costing almost $10 billion.
Space ShuttleCatalog Page for PIA14831
<b>Original Caption Released with Image:</b><p>This is an artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during its cruise phase between launch …
Jet PropulsionNanosat fleet proposed for voyage to 300 asteroids
A fleet of tiny spacecraft could visit over 300 asteroids in just over three years, according to a mission study led by the Finnish Meteorological …
AsteroidsTiny Satellites Headed to Mars Likely Are First of Many
Two tiny explorers are pushing the bounds of their kind, but if scientists have their way, the two adventurers will soon have plenty of company.<p>The …
InSight LanderNASA Hosts Science Chat on Upcoming Historic Planetary Encounter
Members of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft team will host a Science Chat at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 19, on humanity’s farthest planetary flyby, …
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<b>Original Caption Released with Image:</b><p>This image was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 16, 2018 from an altitude of about 67 miles (107 …
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<b>Original Caption Released with Image:</b><p>The Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager took this image of the spacecraft's crumpled heat shield on …
Texas A&MAmazing NY Times Collection Of Photos From The Cassini spacecraft
12019 / Pixabay<p>As The NY Times says:<p><i>NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere on Friday, after 20 years in space.</i><p>They have …
AmazingThat hole drilled in Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft may have done more damage than initially thought
The tale of the mysterious hole that turned up on a spacecraft attached to the International Space Station continues to get stranger. In a new report …
Space StationBillionaire readies world's largest plane to launch rockets into space
How do you get something from Earth into space? Most of the time, the answer begins with a rocket on a launch pad.<p>Paul Allen has a different idea. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft has built the world's biggest airplane — a twin-fuselage, six-engine beast with a wingspan wider than the length …
AerospaceRocket Report: Japanese spaceplane, GEO downturn, Block 5 results good
"I think the industry is probably hiring as many artists as engineers."<p>Welcome to Edition 1.17 of the Rocket Report! This week, we discuss a lot of …
AerospaceFarewell, Titan! Cassini's Last View of Saturn Moon Shows Fabulous Methane Lakes
Just four days before the Cassini spacecraft's dramatic dive into Saturn's atmosphere last year, cameras aboard the spacecraft captured the mission's …
Johns Hopkins UniversityRumors of Sabotage on the ISS Continue to Come Out of Roscosmos
"The spacecraft was drilled later, when it was fully assembled."<p>On Friday, Russia’s state-owned media outlet <i>TASS</i> reported that someone drilled a hole …
Space StationHow NASA will use a space laser to measure Earth's thinning ice sheets
This weekend, NASA is planning to launch a spacecraft that will use half a dozen bright-green laser beams to measure seasonal and annual changes to Earth's icy poles.<p>The mission, called the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), will take incredibly precise measurements of ice sheet …
Vandenberg Air Force BaseParker Solar Probe’s Solar Array Cooling System Fully Activated – Parker Solar Probe
On Sept. 13, Parker Solar Probe’s first-of-its-kind water-cooled Solar Array Cooling System (or SACS) was made fully operational. The SACS will …
Parker Solar ProbeIt’s been a year since Cassini plunged into Saturn
On September 15, 2017, the Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn, ending its spectacular mission. Cassini’s last images and final moments,</b> …
MagnetismNASA Tests Foldable Umbrella-Like Heat Shield
By on September 13, 2018 at 3:12 pm<p>The technology to reach another planet or moon is only worth so much if you can’t land on it. Every landing has …
TestFlightNASA’s Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Has Another Look at TRAPPIST-1 as It Runs Out of Fuel
TRAPPIST-1 made international headlines last year when astronomers confirmed that seven rocky, Earth-like planets were orbiting it.<p>The Kepler space …
Planetary HabitabilityMission to Slam Spacecraft Into Asteroid Has Begun Final Design and Construction
A mission to deflect asteroids that might threaten Earth has begun its final design and assembly phase, according to a news release. NASA is testing …
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