See amazing photos of rocket launches, northern lights, nebulas and more from the week in space.
United Launch Alliance Celebrates 50 Years of Americans in OrbitSacramento BeeToday, ULA stands on the shoulders of giants as the Atlas launch vehicle once again has been selected for human spaceflight – this time as the launch vehicle for Boeing's CST-100, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser and Blue Origin's Space Vehicle under ...and more »
JPL - NASA Map Sees Earth's Trees in a New LightGISuser.com (press release)A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests. PASADENA, Calif. - The map will help scientists better understand the role forests play in climate change and how their heights influence wildlife ...and more »
This AIPP image is a 1,000-by-666-pixel section of the full-resolution 3-D map that Jeffrey Ambrozia will create, which will ultimately be a 5,398-by-7,000-pixel graphic. This shows Heinsius crater. Image courtesy Jeffrey Ambroziak.Love 3-D images? Interested in maps? Want to explore the Moon? Then a new Kickstarter project may be just what you are looking for. Jeffrey Ambroziak, creator of a specialized 3-D map projection method, will be producing what he calls the first true 3-D map of the...
Messier 41 - Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSFGreetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It’s going to be an awesome week as we watch the planets – Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury – dance along the ecliptic plane. You don’t even need a telescope for this show! But that’s not all. We’ll take a look at a wealth of bright star clusters, challenging studies and lots more. I’ll see you in the back yard… (...)Read the rest of Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast...
John Glenn's legacy still lives on in space, 50 years after his historic orbital flight.
Spaceflight NowOne-week launch delay ordered for X-ray telescopeSpaceflight NowBY STEPHEN CLARK The launch of NASA's NuSTAR space telescope, a $165 million black hole-hunting X-ray observatory, will be delayed one week until March 21 to give engineers extra time to complete engineering rovers of the mission's air-launched Pegasus ...NuSTAR Mated to its RocketSpace Fellowshipall 3 news articles »
DigitalJournal.comVideo: Meteor explosion causes UFO scare in South CarolinaDigitalJournal.comDr. Charles St Lucas of the Roper Mountain Science Center, told Fox 4 that the explosion was likely caused by a kind of meteor called a bolide. He said: "It sounds like a typical bolide. This one broke apart into three or four different pieces, ...and more »
International Space Station a baby step for humankind: Canadian astronautWinnipeg Free PressVANCOUVER - Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says the International Space Station represents one of humankind's first baby steps away from the planet. Hadfield, who will become the first Canadian commander of the space station in 2013, ...Media Advisory/REMINDER: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Talks About His Upcoming ...Einnews Portugalall 8 news articles »
