Family files claim after NASA space junk crashes into home | Space Quiz! How old is the universe? | GOES-U satellite launching today on SpaceX Falcon Heavy
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The growing problem of space debris isn't just one that plagues Earth's orbit. Several instances of space trash crashing back down to Earth have made recent headlines, and one family is requesting that NASA pay for the damages.
The two-hour launch window for GOES-U opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 GMT) today. The spacecraft will catch a ride on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center here on the Space Coast, weather permitting. This will be the Falcon Heavy's 10th launch overall, and the 65th orbital liftoff of 2024 for SpaceX.
China has made spaceflight history yet again. The nation's robotic Chang'e 6 mission returned material from the moon's mysterious far side to Earth on Tuesday (June 25) - something that had never been done before.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole at "cosmic dawn" that seems to be impossibly massive. The confusion comes from the fact that it doesn't seem like this giant void was feasting on much surrounding matter during that time - but, in order to reach its immense size, one would expect it to have been ravenous when time began.
Sunday's launches were the 63rd and 64th orbital flights of the year for SpaceX, and the 45th and 46th of 2024 dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. The huge and ever-growing network currently consists of more than 6,100 operational satellites.
Scientists are interested in more than just the rocks NASA's Perseverance rover has cached throughout its trek across Mars. They want the air, too. Since landing on Mars in 2021, Perseverance has collected 24 samples of Martian rock and dust, also known as regolith. These rock cores are believed to hold insight about the planet's ancient past and whether life ever existed on Mars, but the air sealed inside the sample tubes could prove just as important. Scientists think this fresh Red Planet air could reveal new clues about the Martian atmosphere, too.
Standing against the phony backdrop of a simulated lunar landscape, Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson, the two stars of Apple Original Films and Columbia Pictures' new period-placed NASA comedy, welcome viewers into the space-based hijinks of a new "Fly Me To The Moon" release trailer.
NASA cancels ISS spacewalk due to spacesuit coolant leak | Space Quiz! In Europe, the Strawberry Moon has been known by what other name? | This Week In Space ep. 116 - Spreading the Good Word
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NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt were told by Mission Control at 8:52 a.m. EDT (1252 GMT) to stop the planned 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station, this morning. The pair had switched over to the internal power in their suits at 8:46 a.m. (1246 GMT), meaning the spacewalk had technically started. Astronauts opened the hatch into the ISS at 9:51 a.m. EDT (1351 GMT), officially ending the spacewalk for the day.
On Episode 116 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with the team behind the Space and Things podcast. In the world of space podcasts, the Space and Things podcast is a keeper (along with ours, of course). The brainchild of Emily Carney, founder of the Space Hipsters on Facebook, and singer/songwriter Dave Giles, Space and Things brings us some premiere guests in the space sector. Subjects are always compelling, and as we well know, that takes work.
The first full day of summer 2024 ended with the ultimate cherry on top, or, in this case, a strawberry. The Strawberry Moon of 2024, the full moon for the month of June, rose across the world just after sunset Friday night, delighting skywatchers around the globe.
The first astronaut mission of Boeing's Starliner capsule has been extended again. Starliner will remain docked with the ISS until at least July 2, roughly a week later than the previously stated target date of June 26. The extra time will allow Boeing and NASA more time to assess several issues that have arisen with the vehicle. "We are taking our time and following our standard mission management team process," Steve Stich, manager of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, said in an update on Friday evening (June 21).
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The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another extraordinary photo. The subject is the Serpens Nebula, which lies about 1,300 light-years from Earth. And the new JWST image showcases a very special phenomenon long theorized to exist, but never before observed.
Electromagnetic launches of material from the lunar surface can be more efficient than conventional rocket launches that rely on chemical fuels sent from Earth. But are they feasible?
Last week, after braving a field of sand dunes and traversing the desiccated remnants of an ancient river, NASA's Perseverance rover reached the shining rock outcropping on the Martian horizon that the rover's operators have named "Bright Angel." Perseverance has now begun its scientific investigation of a very unique place in its surroundings. Its first action: digging into the ground, scanning and imaging the Mars soil with X-rays. Over the coming months, scientists will parse the data that Perseverance sends back.
Resurrected by Netflix and zooming onto their streaming platform starting on July 1, 2024, the award-winning animated children's series, "Star Trek: Prodigy," is cleared for launch and CBS Studios has just revealed the thrilling first trailer and key art for its next 20-episode mission.
