SpaceX's Crew-3 astronaut mission's return to Earth early Friday (May 6) was captured in epic photos.
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This is a Dust Avalanche on Mars
For decades, scientists have observed dark landslides called slope streaks on Mars. First seen by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s, every orbiter mission since has observed them, but the mechanism behind the slope streaks has been hotly debated: could they be caused by water activity on the Red Planet, or are they the result of some sort of dry mechanics?
Traveling the Solar System with Pulsar Navigation
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found a way for travelers through the Solar System to work out exactly where they are, without needing help from ground-based observers on Earth. They have refined the pulsar navigation technique, which uses X-ray signals from distant pulsars, in a way similar to how GPS uses signals from a constellation of specialized satellites, to calculate an exact position .
What Does Micrometeoroid Damage do to Gossamer Structures Like Webb’s Sunshield?
Tiny little bullets flood the solar system, each micrometeoroid a potential hazard. New research has found that the James Webb Space Telescope’s thin sunshields, and future inflatable spacecraft, may be at risk.
North Korea launches ballistic missile from submarine in latest test: reports
North Korea launched a new ballistic missile test from a submarine on Saturday (May 7).
A Giant Galaxy has been Unwinding its Neighbor for 400 Million Years
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 take center stage in this image from the Dark Energy Camera, a state-of-the art wide-field imager on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Courtesy NOIRLab.
Earth tells us to 'GO' in weird cloud message seen from space (photo)
A surprising new photo from the GOES East satellite has revealed what appears to be the word "Go" written in the clouds as seen from space.
Space Industry for Ukraine: Companies donate $50K each and pledge humanitarian aid to embattled country
A group of 18 space companies is banding together to raise funds in support of Ukraine amid Russia's invasion.
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti makes history with 1st TikTok from International Space Station
Samantha Cristoforetti posted a video to the social media platform from the International Space Station on Thursday (May 5), becoming the first-ever TikToker in the final frontier.
Lunar Samples Have Been in the Deep Freeze for 50 Years. NASA Finally has the Right Technology to Study Them Properly
Curators handling lunar rocks take extreme care to keep these materials from contamination as they work with them in cold boxes using gloves and protective gear. This frozen Apollo 17 sample is being studied in a nitrogen-purged glove box at NASA Johnson Space Flight Center. Courtesy NASA/Robert Markowitz.
Matthias returns to Cologne
Image: Matthias returns to Cologne
More Starlink satellites ride into orbit on predawn launch of Falcon 9 rocket
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off to begin the Starlink 4-17 mission. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at first light Friday with 53 Starlink internet satellites, completing an all-nighter of space operations just five hours after returning four astronauts to a splashdown off the west coast of Florida.
Splashdown of SpaceX capsule caps busy season of space station crew rotations
SpaceX’s recovery team prepares to lift the Dragon Endurance spacecraft from the Gulf of Mexico early Friday. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station early Friday with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, the sixth crew launch or landing in support of the station program in fewer than 50 days.
Humanity will go to Mars 'in this decade,' SpaceX president predicts
Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet's surface before the end of the 2020s, according to SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell.
InSight Senses its two Biggest Marsquakes so far, Coming From the Opposite Side of the Planet
On Nov. 26th, 2018, NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) lander arrived on Mars. Since then, this robotic mission has been using its advanced suite of instruments to study Mars’ interior and geological activity to learn more about its formation and evolution. One of these is the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS), the lander’s primary instrument, which was deployed on the Martian surface less than a month after it arrived.
James Webb Space Telescope begins final check-outs before science observations
NASA's next-generation observatory is entering the last stages of preparation before showing scientists an all-new view of the universe.
Virgin Galactic pushes 1st planned commercial passenger flight to 2023
Aspiring space tourists will need to wait a little longer before soaring into suborbital space with Virgin Galactic.
Large Hadron Collider experiment investigates neutrino's minuscule mass
Scientists are investigating the elusive neutrino with a new experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
Will Russia leave the ISS? Take Roscosmos chief's words with a grain of salt
You may have heard that Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin recently threatened, yet again, to pull his nation out of the International Space Station program. Here's what's actually going on.
Why Believing in the Multiverse Isn’t Madness
What is the multiverse? The idea that the universe we inhabit is just one of many parallel universes gets a superhero shout-out in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the latest movie based on Marvel comic-book characters.
LinkSpace returns: Chinese startup plans rocket launch and landing this year
China's LinkSpace plans to send a rocket into space and land it safely in late 2022, three years after the startup's last major test.
