Category: Space

SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said on Monday. In a statement, SpaceX said it expected to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 8 to put 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc. SpaceX had suspended flights after the same model rocket went up in a blaze on Sept.

Tibaldo: My Story on Getting Past the Seasons

I WAS in my mother’s womb when Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was sent to explore outer space in early1961 with his Vostoc spacecraft. Baguio City was at its all-time record low of 6.3 degrees in January of that year when my mother was two months pregnant with me.

The Mannequin Challenge In Space

You might have thought all those other stupid mannequin challenge videos were good….right up until the astronauts on the International Space Station decided to take the challenge . Imagine pulling that off in zero gravity.

Today in science: Discovery of Ceres

Ceres was the first asteroid ever discovered, in 1801, and it’s still the largest body in the asteroid belt. Nowadays, we call it a dwarf planet, and a spacecraft has been orbiting it! Ceres’ Occator Crater in false colour showing surface composition via NASA’s Dawn spacecraft / JPL/ Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA.

Moon Base Alpha – Strategies for Low Cost Lunar Settlement Workshop at DFJ [Flickr]

Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart presenting at our weekend retreat to explore the possibility of a permanent lunar base at a price 10-100x lower than commonly believed. By gathering a wide array of domain experts – from NASA, commercial space companies, tech execs and Apollo astronauts – we were able to integrate the rapid advances in various fields and the isolated pockets of expertise.

NASA’s Favorite Photos of 2016

There are a group of unsung heroes at NASA, the people who travel the world to capture key events in our exploration of space. They share their images with all of us, but most of the time, it’s not just the pictures of launches, landings, and crucial mission events that they capture.

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NASA missions to add leap second to master clock

NASA missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory which watches the Sun, will join timekeepers around the world to add a leap second to its clocks, just before midnight on New Year’s Eve. Clocks will add the extra second to keep in sync with Earth’s rotation, which gradually slows down over time.

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This artist’s concept of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell aircraft shows the plane’s specially designed wing and 14 electric motors. NASA Aeronautics researchers will use the X-57 to demonstrate that electric propulsion can make planes quieter, more efficient and more environmentally friendly.

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When astronauts set foot on Mars, they may stay for months rather than days as they did during Apollo missions to the moon. The surface of Mars has extreme temperatures and the atmosphere does not provide adequate protection from high-energy radiation.

Leighton’s Mat presents a Snowman to Tim Peake

Mat Williams, 30, was commissioned by Lupus Films in December 2015 to produce a drawing of the astronaut floating with The Snowman and The Snowdog because Major Tim had tweeted to say he was a fan of the film and its composer, Ilan Eshkeri. Mat, a background artist for the 2012 animation, had to scan the drawing to send an image of it to the International Space Station, but a few weeks ago the artist finally got to meet Major Tim in person, giving him the special picture.

Dainese Creates Space Suit to Protect Astronauts

You probably know Dainese best as an Italian motorcycling apparel manufacturer that specializes in sport and racing gear, and you might have heard of its high-tech . If you’re really in-the-know, you even know that Dainese also makes protective gear for mountain biking, winter sports and horseback riding.

PHOTOS: Notable deaths in 2016

British singer and icon David Bowie circa 1983. Bowie died on January 10, 2016 after an 18-month battle with cancer at the age of 69. Three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer Muhammad Ali, training in his gym in 1965.

NASA’s Got A Giant Space Laser And It’s Not Afraid to Use It

While NASA has been pulling off all kinds of cool accomplishments this year – from Juno arriving in Jupiter’s orbit to getting help from the public to solve the space poo dilemma – potentially one of the most important discoveries NASA scientists have made this year concerns microscopic underwater plants the entire planet’s delicate ecosystem … (more)

Noon Year’s Eve: Sunny Celebration

It’s an established and accepted fact that Pasadena has a notable knack for bending time and space, easy-peasy-style. The space part of the equation is widely known, thanks to the presence of the cosmos-cool Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but the Crown City’s time-changing properties are also robust.

The Man Who’s Flown Everything

An hour before the doors of the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center opened to visitors, the vast, multi-level space was filled with a theatrical pre-curtain hush. Only a few docents were here, getting reacquainted with the 170-some air- and spacecraft on display, machines that had made some of the most important history of the last hundred years.

China aims to be on Mars by the end of 2020

China is aiming to own the race for space in the next decade, the country’s space agency has said. China’s ambitious and fast-growing space programme is targeting a landing on the dark si China is aiming to own the race for space in the next decade, the country’s space agency has said.

Hidden Figures’ Star Janelle Monae on Playing NASA…

“She wasn’t trying to be the first African-American female engineer,” the actress says as part of “Close Up With TheWrap” video series presented by 20th… “Hidden Figures” star Janelle Monae was one of the people who didn’t know about the three female mathematicians who helped catapult U.S. astronaut John Glenn into space in the 1960s – but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t going to get the story heard. “I had no clue who Mary Jackson was, but I made it a personal responsibility to portray Miss Mary Jackson because I didn’t want any other girl, any other human being, any other American, to not know about this history,” Monae told TheWrap about her role in the film as Jackson, the first African-American female aerospace engineer.

How to Become a Rocket Scientist

Jennifer Trosper, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL mission manager, JPL, adjusts the high-gain antenna on a rover model during a news briefing on the last data and imagery from Sol 1 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. // Damian Dovarganes/AP CJ Giovingo’s path to becoming a flight system verification and validation engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory wasn’t a straight line.

China Invites Investors, Including Foreigners, Into Space Effort

China is looking to draw private investors, including those from outside the country, into its aerospace program to supplement funding from the government for commercial satellite launches. Investment is welcome for commercial rocket development, satellite research, manufacturing and for applying aerospace technologies to public welfare, Wu Yanhua, vice minister of China National Space Administration, said at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.

China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020

China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, around 2018, and launch its first Mars probe by 2020. “To explore the vast cosmos, develop the space industry and build China into a space power is a dream we pursue unremittingly,” read a white paper setting out the country’s space strategy for the next five years.

China says space programme must help protect national security

China’s space programme must help protect the country’s national security, but China is dedicated to the peaceful use of space and opposes a space arms race, the government said in a policy paper issued on Tuesday. Tiangong-2, China’s second space laboratory lifts off from the launch pad in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, September 15, 2016.

China says space program must help protect national security

China’s President Xi Jinping looks on before meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Halll of the People in Beijing, China December 2, 2016. China’s space program must help protect the country’s national security, but China is dedicated to the peaceful use of space and opposes a space arms race, the government said in a policy paper issued on Tuesday.

China says space program must help protect national security

China’s President Xi Jinping looks on before meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Great Halll of the People in Beijing, China December 2, 2016. China’s space program must help protect the country’s national security, but China is dedicated to the peaceful use of space and opposes a space arms race, the government said in a policy paper issued on Tuesday.