Should your local weather forecast suggest that Friday morning — the start of the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend — will be fair and clear, it will be well worth setting…
Category: Space
Building a giant catcher’s mitt on the moon
Artist’s impression of MACEDONAS set up on the moon. Credit: Lunar Cargo / C. Kosmas Members of the space exploration community are always coming up with novel ideas to solve…
Watch tile-shedding private Chinese rocket launch 6 satellites to orbit (video)
The Chinese company LandSpace launched its methane-powered Zhugque-2E rocket on Saturday (May 17), carrying a batch of six satellites to orbit. Zhugque-2E lifted off Saturday at 12:12 a.m. EDT (0412…
Sunset at Mars’s Gusev Crater in 2005
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Texas A&M / Cornell On May 19th, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the sun sank below the rim of…
Did Predator just harpoon a plane out of the sky? Oh, count us in for ‘Predator: Killer of Killers’ after this latest trailer (video)
Predator: Killer of Killers | Official Trailer | Hulu – YouTube Watch On With excitement now swirling around Predator: Badlands and chatter of a new Alien vs. Predator crossover ramping…
A lunar telescope that could explore the cosmic dark ages
NASA’s Webb delivers deepest infrared image of universe yet. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI Multiple space agencies will send missions to the moon this decade and the next, with plans to establish infrastructure…
Mysterious white streak spotted over US skies during surprise aurora storm. What was it? (photos)
The night sky offered lucky skywatchers an unexpected double feature on May 17 — a surprise geomagnetic storm and a mysterious white plume slicing through the auroras. The moderate (G2…
National Air and Space Museum to reveal more renovated galleries on July 28
From John Glenn’s Friendship 7 to Blue Origin’s New Shepard, space capsules and more are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five “reimagined” galleries…
Indian space agency’s satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle
This photo released by Indian Space Research Organization shows the EOS-09 Earth observation satellite on board the PSLV-C61 launch vehicle at Sriharikota space center in southern India, Saturday, May 17,…
