Watch NASA's massive Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrive in Florida. Next stop: the moon (video, photos)

NASA, Boeing on next steps for Starliner astronaut mission | Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrives in Florida: Video | Celestron telescope & binocular deals 2024 Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com |  Web Version July 25, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad NASA, Boeing on next steps for Starliner astronaut mission (NASA) NASA and Boeing will provide an update about the Starliner capsule's ongoing astronaut mission today (July 25), and you can watch it live. We'll get the latest information during today's press conference today. You can watch the recap at Space.com, courtesy of NASA. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Artemis 2 rocket core stage arrives in Florida: Video (NASA/Isaac Watson) The core stage of Artemis 2's rocket came to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday (July 23). The rocket stage was offloaded from NASA's Pegasus barge, which shipped the rocket stage 900 miles (1,450 km) by water from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, in a seven-hour operation aided by remote controlled vehicles known as self-propelled modular transporters. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Space Deal of the Day Celestron telescope & binocular deals 2024 (Celestron) Celestron is one of the top names in the skywatching industry, known for the quality and reliability of its optics. With that in mind, it's no surprise that they make some of the best telescopes and best binoculars around and you can get several of the best telescope deals and binoculars deals on their products too. Full Story: Space (11/30)  Spaceflight Chinese astronauts simulate a debris-strike emergency (CCTV) China's Shenzhou 18 mission staged an emergency drill recently to boost preparedness aboard the country's space station. Shenzhou 18 commander Ye Guangfu and crewmates Li Cong and Li Guangsu conducted the drill in mid-July to practice procedures for the case of a decompression event aboard the Tiangong space station. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Science & Astronomy ISS scientists make headway in 'moonshot' cancer research (NASA) "Why do we go to space?" asked NASA administrator Bill Nelson to a small crowd at NASA headquarters last week. "We go to explore the heavens, but we also go to improve life here on Earth, and that includes attacking this dreaded disease that we know is cancer." Full Story: Space (7/25)  SpaceX SpaceX rocket failure shows need for multiple launch options (SpaceX) It's eerily quiet on the spaceflight front. In the past two weeks, there has been just a single orbital launch -- that of a Chinese Long March 4B rocket, which lofted the Gaofen-11 05 Earth-observation satellite on July 18. The lull stems chiefly from the temporary grounding of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which suffered an anomaly on July 11 that led to the loss of its payload, 20 of the company's Starlink broadband satellites. Full Story: Space (7/25)  Technology Detecting deepfakes with deep space tech (Adejumoke Owolabi) The eyes, the old saying goes, are the window to the soul — but when it comes to deepfake images, they might be a window into unreality. That's according to new research conducted at the University of Hull in the U.K., which applied techniques typically used in observing distant galaxies to determine whether images of human faces were real or not. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Entertainment Alien: The Xenomorph life cycle explained (Marvel Comics) If you're currently in the mood to get back into the iconic sci-fi series before it arrives, you'll want to read our in-depth examination of the Xenomorphs' many life stages and forms as seen in the movies. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Star Wars Yoda returns in 'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' Season 2 (Lucasfilm) "Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures" returns for its second highly-anticipated season on Disney+ and Disney Jr. on Aug. 14, 2024, and we've got a rowdy new trailer to unwrap. Full Story: Space (7/24)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036

Happy 25th anniversary, Chandra! NASA celebrates with 25 breathtaking images from flagship X-ray observatory

NASA celebrates 25 years of the Chandra X-ray observatory | Space Quiz! What part of a coronal mass ejection interacts with Earth's magnetosphere to create auroras in the sky? | 'Pushing the limits' Astronaut Andre Douglas exclusive Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com |  Web Version July 24, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad NASA celebrates 25 years of the Chandra X-ray observatory (NASA/SAO/CXC) Chandra launched in 1999 -- the same year Space.com started -- aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. From its egg-shaped orbit high above Earth's atmosphere that takes it over one-third of the way to the moon, the observatory has led to many discoveries by recording x-ray emissions beamed from long-dead stars, supermassive black holes and clusters of galaxies. Full Story: Space (7/23)  Space Quiz! What part of a coronal mass ejection interacts with Earth's magnetosphere to create auroras in the sky? Learn the answer here! Super-heated magma Carbon filaments Plasmatic overtures Electrically charged ions 'Pushing the limits' Astronaut Andre Douglas exclusive (NASA/Josh Valcarce) Artemis 2 is making progress towards its lunar liftoff, but a newly named backup astronaut notes there is "always something new" to learn in developmental missions. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Get Kiplinger newsletters — free Build wealth, cut taxes, retire rich. For more than 100 years Kiplinger has helped readers of all ages live a richer life. Sign up for free email newsletters today to get the best of Kiplinger delivered straight to your inbox. ADVERTISEMENT Skywatching Geomagnetic storm could bring auroras as far as New York (Fahim Al Mahmud Ashik / 500px via Getty Images) Heightened solar activity has prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a geomagnetic storm watch for July 24. Full Story: Space (7/22)  Spaceflight Tripadvisor publishes 1st off-Earth review (Tripadvisor) After helping billions of people plan their trips around the world, Tripadvisor is ready to do the same for those looking to travel beyond the planet. "Destination Space," presented with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), is a new subsection of Tripadvisor that is focused on space tourism and exploration. Full Story: Space (7/24)  Science & Astronomy Scientists find 2 searched-for 'missing link' black holes (Robert Lea) For decades, astronomers have searched without much joy for signs of "missing link" black holes, aka black holes with masses between those of "stellar-mass black holes" and "supermassive black holes." The former have been seen scattered across the universe and the latter are cosmic titans that dominate the hearts of galaxies - but when it comes to intermediate-mass black holes, scientists have seen evidence of only about ten. Full Story: Space (7/23)  SpaceX Starlinks have made 50,000 avoidance maneuvers this year (SpaceX) Satellites in SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation made nearly 50,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the last six months, about double the number made in the previous half-year. Although experts praise Elon Musk's space compay for its commitment to transparency, they warn about the implications of the soaring orbital traffic. Full Story: Space (7/23)  Search for Life Alien weather report: JWST detects wind on 2 brown dwarfs (NASA/JPL–Caltech/University of Western Ontario/Stony Brook University/Tim Pyle) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered stormy weather in the sky of two brown dwarfs in the most detailed weather report yet from such "failed stars." Full Story: Space (7/23)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036