Carnival of Space #354
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Can You Say Camelopardalids? Observing, Weather Prospects and More for the May 24th Meteor Shower
It could be the best of meteor showers, or it could be the… Well, we’ll delve into the alternatives here…
Saturn Aurora Sparkles In New Hubble Images
It's amazing to see what some flashes of light can tell us. New images the Hubble Space Telescope took of…
If Pigs Could Fly – A Quick Guide to Solar Halos and Other Curiosities
Call it a porcine occultation. It took nearly a year but I finally got help from the ornamental pig in…
- Commercial Space
- Falcon 9
- Kennedy Space Center
- Missions
- NASA
- Space Exploration
- Space Exploration Technologies
- Space Flight
- Space Station
- SpaceX
Return of the SpaceX-3 Dragon to Earth Caps Super Science Mission for NASA
SpaceX-3 Dragon commercial cargo freighter was detached from the ISS at 8 AM EDT on May 18, 2014 and released…
UPDATE: NASA Senior Review Declines WISE Spacecraft Data Usage Idea
CORRECTION: This story corrects a previously stated misinterpretation of the NASA Senior Report that the WISE spacecraft itself was denied an…
- Apollo
- Astronauts
- Commercial Space
- CST-100
- Earth
- NASA
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Shuttle
- Space Station
- United Launch Alliance
Assembling and Launching Boeing’s CST-100 Private Space Taxi – One on One Interview with Chris Ferguson, Last Shuttle Commander; Part 2
Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 16, 2014: Shrinking Red Spot
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Alessondra Springmann (@sondy), Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein, briankoberlein.com), Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer) (more…)
Astrophoto: Space Station Creates a Zipper on the Sun
"I've been wanting to get one of these for ages!" said astrophotographer Roger Hutchinson from London, England. This awesome image…
Spitzer Mission Extension Not Approved In NASA Senior Review; Officials Say Budget Rewrite Possible
"Constrained budget conditions" have prompted NASA to not approve a funding extension for the 11-year-old Spitzer Space Telescope after fiscal…