Firefly Aerospace launching 4th-ever mission today: Watch live

Firefly Aerospace launching 4th mission today: Watch live | Space Quiz! What is the name of the period about 100 million years after the Big Bang? | Watch Blue Origin launch 1st mission in 15 months today Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com |  Web Version December 20, 2023 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Firefly Aerospace launching 4th mission today: Watch live (Firefly Aerospace) The company's Alpha rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a 20-minute window that opens at 12:18 p.m. EST (1718 GMT; 9:18 a.m. local California time), kicking off a mission that Firefly calls "Fly the Lightning." You can watch the launch live via Firefly and its streaming partner, NASASpaceflight.com. Coverage will begin an hour before the window opens. Full Story: Space (12/20)  Space Quiz! What is the name of the period about 100 million years after the Big Bang? Learn the answer here! Cosmic dawn Planck time Univolution age Protozoa era Watch Blue Origin launch 1st mission in 15 months today (Blue Origin) Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle lifted off from the company's West Texas site on Tuesday around 11:44 a.m. EST (1644 GMT) after brief holds on launch day. (Blue Origin also tried to launch the mission on Monday (Dec. 18), but scrubbed the attempt due to a "ground system issue" at its Launch Site One pad.) Full Story: Space (12/18)  Exclusive All About Space subscription deal Claim your free eBook with our great offer. Subscribe Now ADVERTISEMENT Spaceflight Watch SpaceX Dragon ISS undocking Dec. 15 after delay (NASA) The Dragon undocking was originally scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 14), but it has been delayed repeatedly due to "unfavorable weather conditions as a cold front passes through the splashdown zones off the coast of Florida," agency officials stated in the Thursday post. Undocking coverage will start at 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Thursday); you can watch here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA Television. Full Story: Space (12/20)  Science & Astronomy JWST may have found the oldest black hole in the universe (Getty Images/Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the oldest black hole ever seen, an ancient monster with the mass of 1.6 million suns lurking 13 billion years in the universe's past. Full Story: Space (12/19)  Technology NASA's laser experiment is leap for moon and Mars comms (NASA/Dave Ryan) The experiment has taken years to set up. The Integrated LCRD Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T) payload was delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 9, flying aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of NASA's 29th commercial resupply services mission. Full Story: Space (12/19)  Search for Life Strange 'slide whistle' fast radio burst defies explanation (Jingchuan Yu, Beijing Planetarium) The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space radiation that appear and disappear in milliseconds. Full Story: Space (12/19)  Entertainment Everything we know about 'Alien: Romulus' (20th Century Studios) Word on the street is that the movie was originally set to be released on Hulu, but studio executives were so impressed by the production - as well as the stellar reception and performance of "Prey" - that the seventh non-crossover "Alien" installment was granted a theatrical release. Full Story: Space (12/19)    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

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China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit

China space plane deploys 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit | Space Quiz! How many moons does Uranus have? | SpaceX gearing up for 3rd Starship flight (photos) Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com |  Web Version December 19, 2023 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad China space plane deploys 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit (Erik Simonsen/Getty Images) Just four days after being launched on its third mission, China's Shenlong ("Divine Dragon") robotic space plane seems to have placed six objects into Earth orbit. Amateur spacecraft trackers around the world have been following the objects closely for days and have recorded emissions coming from some of them. Full Story: Space (12/18)  Space Quiz! How many moons does Uranus have? Learn the answer here! 7 13 48 27 SpaceX gearing up for 3rd Starship flight (photos) (SpaceX) A month after its latest liftoff, SpaceX's giant Starship rocket is getting ready to fly again. Starship launched Nov. 18 on its second-ever test mission, which ended in two spectacular explosions. But the company, as ever, is gearing up for the next try. Full Story: Space (12/18)  Spaceflight Western Europe's 1st vertical spaceport cleared for launch (SaxaVord) The SaxaVord spaceport on the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland has officially become western Europe's first licensed spaceport capable of launching rockets vertically. Full Story: Space (12/18)  Science & Astronomy The rings of Uranus look positively festive in epic photo (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) The JWST's new image shows Uranus' north polar cap almost directly facing us (and therefore also facing the sun), with a bright spot at its center and a dark collar, both of which have previously been seen in infrared and radio-wavelength observations, but never with this clarity before. The bright spot, seen as white in the new JWST, is warmer than its surroundings and is the center of a huge cyclonic vortex. Full Story: Space (12/18)  SpaceX SpaceX launches Starlink satellites after delays (SpaceX) As to plan on Monday, the Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth for a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after launch. It touched down on the droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas," which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. Full Story: Space (12/11)  Entertainment 'Apollo 13' movie hits a new high for film fans (Universal/Getty Images) The iconic space film -- based on the near-disaster of NASA's 1970 Apollo 13 human moon mission -- was named part of the Library of Congress' National Film Registry on Wednesday (Dec. 13). Each year, the registry selects 25 films for inclusion due to their "cultural, historic or aesthetic importance." Full Story: Space (12/18)  Star Wars Everything we know about Star Wars Eclipse (Quantic Dream) On the horizon is Star Wars Eclipse, Quantic Dream's ambitious take on an action-adventure Star Wars game with branching narratives. This is thanks to Lucasfilm Games extending the development of new Star Wars video games to publishers and studios beyond EA. So, after the excellent Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and as we are also preparing for a romp through the galaxy's colorful criminal underworld in Ubisoft Massive's Star Wars Outlaws, we're being treated to yet another rich space adventure. Full Story: Space (12/18)    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