Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mini Mercury is skipping across the vast, glaring face of the sun in a rare celestial transit.Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury — a tiny black dot — as it passed directly between Earth and the sun on Monday.The eastern U.S. and Canada get the whole 5 ½-hour show, along with Central and South America.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Mini Mercury is skipping across the vast, glaring face of the sun in a rare celestial transit.Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury — a tiny black dot — as it passed directly between Earth and the sun on Monday.The eastern U.S. and Canada get the whole 5 ½-hour show, along with Central and South America.
NASA launches satellite to explore where air meets space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has launched a satellite to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space.The satellite — known as Icon, short for Ionospheric Connection Explorer — rocketed into orbit Thursday night.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has launched a satellite to explore the mysterious, dynamic region where air meets space.The satellite — known as Icon, short for Ionospheric Connection Explorer — rocketed into orbit Thursday night.
NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.NASA announced Friday that the International Space Station's two women will pair up for a spacewalk later this month.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.NASA announced Friday that the International Space Station's two women will pair up for a spacewalk later this month.
NASA lander captures marsquakes, other Martian sounds
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's InSight lander on Mars has captured the low rumble of marsquakes and a symphony of otherworldly sounds.Scientists released an audio sampling Tuesday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's InSight lander on Mars has captured the low rumble of marsquakes and a symphony of otherworldly sounds.Scientists released an audio sampling Tuesday.
Can a new space race connect the world to the internet?
NEW YORK — It's a 21st-century space race: Amazon, SpaceX and others are competing to get into orbit and provide internet to the earth's most remote places.And like the last century's battle for space supremacy that was triggered by the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1, this one involves satellites.
NEW YORK — It's a 21st-century space race: Amazon, SpaceX and others are competing to get into orbit and provide internet to the earth's most remote places.And like the last century's battle for space supremacy that was triggered by the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1, this one involves satellites.
NASA remixed an Ariana Grande song to promote its mission to put a woman on the moon
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NASA is relying on a bit of star power to educate youth about space and promote its upcoming mission to the moon.Interns for the U.S. space agency remixed Ariana Grande's "NASA," and rewrote the lyrics to promote NASA's work."As we look forward to sending the first woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024 with our Artemis missions, interns working at NASA's Johnson Space Center remixed Ariana Grande's song 'NASA' to share their excitement for deep space exploration," the space agency said Sunday, Sept. 8 on Facebook.Grande's song is about a woman who needs some space from her boyfriend, and uses celestial imagery to make the point.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NASA is relying on a bit of star power to educate youth about space and promote its upcoming mission to the moon.Interns for the U.S. space agency remixed Ariana Grande's "NASA," and rewrote the lyrics to promote NASA's work."As we look forward to sending the first woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024 with our Artemis missions, interns working at NASA's Johnson Space Center remixed Ariana Grande's song 'NASA' to share their excitement for deep space exploration," the space agency said Sunday, Sept. 8 on Facebook.Grande's song is about a woman who needs some space from her boyfriend, and uses celestial imagery to make the point.
NASA invites students to name the next Mars Rover
Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over!
Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over!
Spacewalking astronauts add parking spot to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station on Wednesday.NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan had to deal with multiple cables to install a docking port delivered by SpaceX last month.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station on Wednesday.NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan had to deal with multiple cables to install a docking port delivered by SpaceX last month.
NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice
ABOARD A NASA RESEARCH PLANE OVER GREENLAND — The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chunks of bleached-white ice, some the size of battleships, some as tall as 15-story buildings.Like nearly every other glacier on Greenland, the massive Kangerlussuaq is melting.
ABOARD A NASA RESEARCH PLANE OVER GREENLAND — The fields of rippling ice 500 feet below the NASA plane give way to the blue-green of water dotted with irregular chunks of bleached-white ice, some the size of battleships, some as tall as 15-story buildings.Like nearly every other glacier on Greenland, the massive Kangerlussuaq is melting.
SpaceX: Leaky valve caused crew capsule to explode in test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A leaky valve caused a SpaceX crew capsule to explode during a ground test back in April, destroying the spacecraft and dealing a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts.The company announced the preliminary results of its accident investigation Monday.SpaceX's crew Dragon capsule had just returned, minus astronauts, from a successful test flight to the International Space Station and was undergoing a ground test April 20 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A leaky valve caused a SpaceX crew capsule to explode during a ground test back in April, destroying the spacecraft and dealing a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts.The company announced the preliminary results of its accident investigation Monday.SpaceX's crew Dragon capsule had just returned, minus astronauts, from a successful test flight to the International Space Station and was undergoing a ground test April 20 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating 1st steps on another world 🌕
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen before or since.Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969 , in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen before or since.Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969 , in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.
Long-distance trip: NASA opening space station to visitors
NEW YORK — NASA announced Friday that it will open the International Space Station to private astronauts, with the first visit as early as next year.The round-trip ticket will cost an estimated $58 million.
NEW YORK — NASA announced Friday that it will open the International Space Station to private astronauts, with the first visit as early as next year.The round-trip ticket will cost an estimated $58 million.
SpaceX launches supplies to space station after power delays
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station on Saturday following a pair of unusual power delays.A Falcon rocket raced into the pre-dawn darkness, carrying a Dragon capsule with 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of goods.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station on Saturday following a pair of unusual power delays.A Falcon rocket raced into the pre-dawn darkness, carrying a Dragon capsule with 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of goods.
New study says universe expanding faster and is younger
WASHINGTON — A new study by a Nobel-winning astronomer says the universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it's about a billion years younger than we thought.And that's sending a shudder through the world of physics, making astronomers re-think some of their most basic concepts.At issue is a number called the Hubble constant, a calculation for how fast the universe is expanding.Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Johns Hopkins University astronomer Adam Riess concluded in a scientific journal this week that the figure is 9% higher than the previous calculation.The trouble is, Riess and others think both calculations are correct.Confused?
WASHINGTON — A new study by a Nobel-winning astronomer says the universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it's about a billion years younger than we thought.And that's sending a shudder through the world of physics, making astronomers re-think some of their most basic concepts.At issue is a number called the Hubble constant, a calculation for how fast the universe is expanding.Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Johns Hopkins University astronomer Adam Riess concluded in a scientific journal this week that the figure is 9% higher than the previous calculation.The trouble is, Riess and others think both calculations are correct.Confused?
SpaceX suffers serious setback with crew capsule accident
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch NASA astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule.Over the weekend, the Dragon crew capsule that flew to the International Space Station last month was engulfed in smoke and flames on an engine test stand.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch NASA astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule.Over the weekend, the Dragon crew capsule that flew to the International Space Station last month was engulfed in smoke and flames on an engine test stand.
America's 1st female astronaut candidate, Jerrie Cobb, dies
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died.Cobb died in Florida at age 88 on March 18 following a brief illness.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died.Cobb died in Florida at age 88 on March 18 following a brief illness.
SpaceX launches mega rocket, lands all 3 boosters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched its second supersized rocket and for the first time landed all three boosters Thursday, a year after sending up a sports car on the initial test flight.The new and improved Falcon Heavy thundered into the early evening sky with a communication satellite called Arabsat, the rocket's first paying customer.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched its second supersized rocket and for the first time landed all three boosters Thursday, a year after sending up a sports car on the initial test flight.The new and improved Falcon Heavy thundered into the early evening sky with a communication satellite called Arabsat, the rocket's first paying customer.
Scientists reveal 1st image ever made of a black hole
WASHINGTON — Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect.Assembling data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, astronomers created the picture showing the violent neighborhood around a supermassive black hole, the light-sucking monsters of the universe theorized by Einstein more than a century ago and confirmed by observations for decades.It looked like a flaming orange, yellow and black ring.
WASHINGTON — Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect.Assembling data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, astronomers created the picture showing the violent neighborhood around a supermassive black hole, the light-sucking monsters of the universe theorized by Einstein more than a century ago and confirmed by observations for decades.It looked like a flaming orange, yellow and black ring.
SpaceX crew capsule ends test flight with ocean splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's swanky new crew capsule returned from the International Space Station to an old-fashioned splashdown in the Atlantic on Friday, successfully ending a test flight that could lead to astronaut rides later this year.The Dragon capsule undocked from the orbiting lab early Friday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's swanky new crew capsule returned from the International Space Station to an old-fashioned splashdown in the Atlantic on Friday, successfully ending a test flight that could lead to astronaut rides later this year.The Dragon capsule undocked from the orbiting lab early Friday.
SpaceX debuts new crew capsule in crucial test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is closing in on human spaceflight with this weekend's debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts.The six-day test flight will be real in every regard, beginning with a Florida liftoff Saturday and a docking the next day with the International Space Station.But the Dragon capsule won't carry humans, rather a test dummy in the same white SpaceX spacesuit that astronauts will wear.NASA doesn't expect this crucial shakedown cruise to go perfectly.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is closing in on human spaceflight with this weekend's debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts.The six-day test flight will be real in every regard, beginning with a Florida liftoff Saturday and a docking the next day with the International Space Station.But the Dragon capsule won't carry humans, rather a test dummy in the same white SpaceX spacesuit that astronauts will wear.NASA doesn't expect this crucial shakedown cruise to go perfectly.