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Another Milestone for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Docks with ISS
It's another milestone for SpaceX as their Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station. In the early…
Curiosity Crashed, but it’s Working Fine Again. NASA Won’t Have to Send Astronauts to Turn it off and Back on Again.
A few weeks after Curiosity suffered a glitch that put it in safe mode, the rover is once again operating…
NASA has Cleared Crew Dragon to Fly. Demo-1 Launches on March 2
NASA has announced that the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is ready for its first demo flight. After discussions with SpaceX,…
Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 27, 2019 – Dr. Ellen Stofan, Director of the National Air and Space Museum
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
X-rays Might be a Better Way to Communicate in Space
In the coming years, NASA plans to test x-ray technology aboard the ISS as a way of creating more robust…
InSight has Placed its Heat Probe on the Martian Surface. The Next Step is to Jackhammer Down 5 Meters and Hope it Doesn’t Encounter a Large Rock
NASA's InSight lander has finally placed its heat probe on the surface of Mars. The Heat Flow and Physical Properties…
Another Enormous Crater Found Under the Ice in Greenland
A glaciologist has discovered another enormous impact crater under more than a mile of ice in Greenland. This is on…
This is Kepler’s Final Image
Even in retirement, the Kepler space telescope is still allowing for discoveries, which include it's "last light" images and recordings.
Here it is, the high resolution photo of MU69 we’ve all been waiting for.
A newly-processed image of Ultima Thule provides the highest-resolution picture of the object to date.
Still no Word from Opportunity
Could this be the end of the Opportunity rover? There's been no signal from the rover since last summer, when…