NASA astronauts unfurl 4th roll-out solar array on space station

Orion spacecraft begins cross-country trip home to Florida | Here's how to track Santa on Christmas Eve with NORAD | The Christmas night sky 2022: The planets pay a visit Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com |  Web Version December 23, 2022 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   Artemis 1: Return to the Moon Orion spacecraft begins cross-country trip home to Florida (Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images) After circling the moon, Orion is on a truck and should arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center by the end of the year. Full Story: Space (12/22)  The Launchpad Here's how to track Santa on Christmas Eve with NORAD (NORAD) From nukes to St. Nick, NORAD uses its early-warning system to track international interlopers. Full Story: Space (12/23)  The Christmas night sky 2022: The planets pay a visit (Starry Night Software) The Yuletide evening sky is especially rewarding now. Full Story: Space (12/24)  POLL QUESTION: Space quiz! A sundog is a concentrated patch of sunlight that is occasionally seen to the right or the left of the sun or even on both sides. What is another name for these atmospheric optical illusions? Learn the answer here! Parhelion Heliopause Anthelion False sunrise Space Deal of the Day Holiday sale: Save 32% on All About Space magazine (Future) Subscribe to All About Space today from just $8.77 per issue, in this holiday sale, saving you a massive 32%. Full Story: Space (11/25)  Skywatching What are sundogs and how do they form? (Getty Images) Have you ever taken a walk on a winter's day to find the sun flanked by two bright companions? Full Story: Space (12/23)  Science & Astronomy Webb telescope's 1st year has blown astronomers away (NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI)) Astronomers are "amazed" and "blown away" by what JWST has achieved so far. Full Story: Space (12/23)  Webb telescope spots mesmerizing wreath-like galaxy (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans) Check out that glowing active galactic nucleus. Full Story: Space (12/22)  Spaceflight Hole in Soyuz spacecraft not caused by Geminid meteor (NASA) But a strike by another tiny space object is still a possibility. Full Story: Space (12/22)  US Space Force practices to win a European conflict (Space Force) The service's training for a European conflict comes while a real conflict unfolds in Eastern Europe. Full Story: Space (12/22)  Technology Why do Perseverance's sample tubes look like lightsabers? (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The plan is to ship these tubes back to Earth in the 2030s, where laboratories can get their hands on the samples to look for the signatures of life. But why a lightsaber shape? Full Story: Space (12/22)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © 1100 13th St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005