Space News
First Cygnus Cargo Ship from Virginia in Two Years Docks at Space Station
Universe Today - 23 Oct 2016 22:27
After a two year gap, the first Cygnus cargo freight train from Virginia bound for the International Space Station (ISS) arrived earlier this morning – restoring this critical supply route to full operation today, Sund...
Making more money via satellites
Space News - 23 Oct 2016 22:25
The mobile phone is much more than a status symbol in your pocket or a handy way to order take-away food. Around the world, it has become a powerful driver of economic growth. A 2005 study concluded that boosting mobile ...
DARPA Transfers Most Sophisticated Surveillance Telescope Ever Developed to the U.S. Air Force Space Command --"To Counter Satellite Threats from China and Russia and Track Killer Asteroids"
The Daily Galaxy - 23 Oct 2016 19:43
The most sophisticated space surveillance telescope ever developed is ready to begin tracking thousands of space objects as small as a softball. It's a boon to space surveillance and science and a new military capability...
Our Dark-Energy-Dominated Accelerating Universe --"Flimsier Than Previously Thought"
The Daily Galaxy - 23 Oct 2016 18:02
Five years ago, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three astronomers for their discovery, in the late 1990s, that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. Their conclusions were based on analysis of Type...
NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 21 October 2016
SpaceRef - 23 Oct 2016 15:31
Three new crew members are aboard the International Space Station. The hatches on the space station and Soyuz MS-02 opened at 8:20 a.m. EDT, marking the arrival to the orbiting laboratory for NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrou...
Orbital ATK Cygnus Supply Ship Arrives at Space Station
SPACE.com - 23 Oct 2016 14:00
A Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday (Oct. 23), delivering science experiments and supplies for the station.
An Evolutionary Biologist Imagines the Future Traits of Space Colonists
Scientific American - 23 Oct 2016 13:30
How will future generations make the voyage from our earthly home to the planets and beyond—and what will that mean for our species? --