Space News
Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet changed color as it neared the sun. Here's why.
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2020 14:00
As Rosetta's comet got near enough to the sun for frost to evaporate off its surface, a color-changing water and dust cycle began that shuffled its colors around.
Starliner investigation finds numerous problems in Boeing software development process
Space News - 8 Feb 2020 01:32
Boeing will reverify all the software on its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew spacecraft after an ongoing investigation found "numerous" problems in the original development process that allowed at least two major probl...
Astra unveils plans for frequent, low-cost launches
Space News - 8 Feb 2020 21:44
A small launch vehicle company emerged from stealth mode this week, but is still keeping many details about its plans and capabilities behind closed doors. SpaceNews.com
Northrop Grumman 'go' to launch its 13th Cygnus cargo ship for NASA Sunday
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2020 20:37
The number 13 may have a bad wrap among the superstitious, but Northrop Grumman is taking it in stride as the company prepares to launch its 13th Cygnus cargo flight to the International Space Station on Sunday (Feb. 9).
NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for February 7, 2020
SpaceRef - 8 Feb 2020 16:42
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....
Luca speaks with European media
ESA - 8 Feb 2020 14:34
Video: 00:00:00 Media had their first opportunity to ask questions of ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano in Europe on Saturday 8 February 2020 - just two days after he returned from 201 days in space. This news conference at E...
Boeing's 2nd Starliner software glitch could have led to an in-space collision
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2020 14:01
Seven weeks after Boeing's CST-100 Starliner failed to reach the International Space Station during its first orbital flight test, NASA and Boeing officials disclosed the preliminary results of an investigation into what...
Real-life 'Aeronauts': the true stories of high-altitude balloonists
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2020 14:00
While "The Aeronauts," a new Amazon Prime movie about high-altitude ballooning, is fictional, it's attracting new people to this field of aviation.
Bacteria, bone and more: Here's the science launching to the space station Sunday
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2020 14:00
NASA is launching a bevy of crew supplies and scientific cargo to the International Space Station Sunday (Feb. 9) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
All about the laser (and microphone) atop Mars 2020, NASA's next rover
Phys.org - 8 Feb 2020 12:43
NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to Mars. But unlike the lasers of science fiction, this one is used for studying mineralogy and chemistry from up to about 20 feet (7 meters) away. It might help scientists find s...
Joint US-European Solar Orbiter 'go' for Sunday launch to study sun's poles
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2020 01:09
After a decade officially in development -- and many more years of planning before that -- the ambitious Solar Orbiter mission is ready to launch and take a close look at the sun's poles for the first time.