SpaceX will launch four astronauts from three different space agencies for the International Space Station this morning using a recycled capsule and rocket. The astronauts from the US, Japan and France, are scheduled to blast off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:49 BST. It will carry NASA astronauts … Read more
A huge asteroid three times the size of a London bus will zip between Earth and the moon tomorrow at a distance of just 159,000 miles, NASA has revealed. Dubbed 2021 GT3, the 108ft long space rock will fly by the Earth on April 10, making its closest approach to the planet at about 22:30 … Read more
A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Soyuz MS-18 rocket. The trio, who are part of the latest crew heading to the orbiting lab, launched from Earth at 08:42 BST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Mark Vande Hel, Soyuz Commander Oleg … Read more
A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are launching for the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Soyuz MS-18 rocket. The trio are part of the latest crew heading to the orbiting lab and they are due to launch from Earth at 08:42 BST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Mark Vande Hel, … Read more
Mars shifted between long dry periods and wetter eras before completely drying up to the nearly dead world we see today about three billion years ago, study shows. Data collected by the NASA Curiosity rover, which has been on Mars since 2012, was used by researchers from the Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology. Curiosity … Read more
‘Until we meet again’: The Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter snap a selfie as the copter prepares for its first flight on Mars that is compared to the ‘Wright Brothers’ moment on Earth NASA released an image snapped by Perseverance with Ingenuity on Mars The rover used its onboard camera to snap the selfie of … Read more
NASA‘s Perseverance rover has sent back two cute selfies of its camera-laden ‘face’ and ‘head’ from the Jezero Crater on the surface of Mars. The two snaps show Perseverance’s remote sensing mast, which hosts many of the rover’s cameras and scientific instruments. They were taken with the SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the … Read more
NASA’s Orion capsule that will carry the first woman and next man to the moon completes second drop test that saw the 14,000lb craft fall from seven feet in the air into a hydro impact basin Orion has completed its second drop test and has just two more to go The test was to finalize … Read more
NASA has shared the first weather report from Jezero Crater on Mars – and the once ancient lake appears to experience frigid temperatures. The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) system aboard the Perseverance rover captured the surrounded temperatures for 30 minutes February 19 at around 10:25pm ET. The data shows that it was just below … Read more
Mysterious rumblings known as ‘Marsquakes’ have been detected by Nasa’s InSight lander, offering further clues about volcanic activity beneath the surface of the Red Planet. The tremors originated in a region called Cerberus Fossae – an area where Nasa scientists have picked up significant seismical activity and even landslides in the past. They believe the tremors were … Read more