Space News
Flawless Shakedown Mission from Modified Soyuz Delivers Multinational Crew to Space Station
Universe Today - 10 Jul 2016 06:06
A flawless shakedown mission from Russia's newly modified Soyuz capsule successfully delivered a new multinational crew to the Space Station early Saturday, July 9 after a two day orbital chase. The upgraded Soyuz MS-01 ...
NASA: Moon's Ice is a Time Capsule --"Answer to a Deep Mystery" (Weekend Feature)
The Daily Galaxy - 10 Jul 2016 17:52
"The ice may be a time capsule from the same source that supplied the original water to Earth," said Matt Siegler at Southern Methodist University,. "This is a record we don't have on Earth. Earth has reworked itself so ...
"Worlds in Collision" --Why Northern Mars Is Lower in Altitude Than Southern Mars
The Daily Galaxy - 10 Jul 2016 16:54
Where did the two natural satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, come from? For a long time, their shape suggested that they were asteroids captured by Mars. However, the shape and course of their orbits contradict this ...
New Space Station Crew Members Arrive and Hold First Press Conference
SpaceRef - 10 Jul 2016 14:56
A few hours after docking to the International Space Station on July 9, Expedition 48-49 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Ex...
Dwarf Planet Ceres' Shadowed Craters Could Harbor Water Ice | Video
SPACE.com - 10 Jul 2016 13:15
NASA's Dawn mission has mapped the permanently shadowed craters of Ceres and the conditions are favorable for the accumulation of water ice in the regions. These areas are believed to have temperatures below minus 240 de...