Space News
Heads up! Chinese rocket debris crashes back to Earth after recent launch
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 00:08
Rocket debris has been discovered downrange from a recent rocket launch from Xichang in southwest China.
Venezuela's flagship communications satellite out of service and tumbling
Space News - 24 Mar 2020 04:31
Venezuela's first and only state-owned communications satellite has been out of service since March 13 when a series of maneuvers left it tumbling in an unusable orbit. SpaceNews.com
NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional Study
Universe Today - 24 Mar 2020 02:18
NASA recently selected four new missions for development that will study gravitational waves, supernovae, relativistic jets, and exoplanet habitability. The post NASA Chooses 4 New Astronomy Space Missions for Additional...
Astronauts to offer inspiration during isolation in #SpaceConnectsUs
ESA - 24 Mar 2020 09:54
In Europe and around the world, we've been getting used to a different way of living in recent weeks. On Thursday, 26 March, ESA and long-time partner Asteroid Day will host #SpaceConnectsUs - a chance to connect across ...
NASA to hand off spacecraft communications to industry
Space News - 24 Mar 2020 23:44
NASA is preparing to hand off to the private sector much of the work of communicating with spacecraft in Earth and lunar orbit. SpaceNews.com
Starliner flight raises profile of Space Network
Space News - 24 Mar 2020 23:40
The Space Network continues to offer reliable global coverage 24-hours a day for missions led by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other government agencies, said Ted Sobchak, NASA Space Netwo...
UFO 'invasion' of NATO war games revealed in 'Project Blue Book' season finale
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 23:10
UFO sightings during NATO war games in 1952 set the stage for the season finale of "Project Blue Book," the History channel's series about the U.S.' real-life UFO-hunting program.
8 European spacecraft put in hibernation amid virus lockdown
Phys.org - 24 Mar 2020 23:08
The European Space Agency said Tuesday that it is putting eight of its spacecraft into hibernation as it scales down operations during the coronavirus outbreak.
Study supports contested 35-year-old predictions, shows that observable novae are just 'tip of the iceberg'
Phys.org - 24 Mar 2020 22:56
Almost 35 years ago, scientists made the then-radical proposal that colossal hydrogen bombs called novae go through a very long-term life cycle after erupting, fading to obscurity for hundreds of thousands of years and t...
The three-body problem shows us why we can't accurately calculate the past
Universe Today - 24 Mar 2020 22:07
Our universe is driven by cause and effect. What happens now leads directly to what happens later. Because of this, many things in the universe are predictable. We can predict when a solar eclipse will occur, or how to l...
China's Long March 2C rocket launches military surveillance satellites into orbit
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 22:02
China successfully launched three new military surveillance satellites into orbit on a Long March 2C rocket today (March 24).
You can watch 'Star Trek: Picard' for free right now thanks to Patrick Stewart
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 21:57
"Star Trek: Picard" is warping toward an epic season one finale on Thursday (March 26) and if you're in the U.S. and not watching yet, series star Sir Patrick Stewart wants you to "make it so."
APT Satellite revenue down as competitors multiply
Space News - 24 Mar 2020 21:18
APT Satellite reported a 14% revenue drop in 2019 as regional competitors with new satellites started taking market share. SpaceNews.com
'Star Trek: Picard' finale 1st look: Behold, this exclusive clip!
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 20:21
With just hours left to wait, it's impossible not to get excited over the finale of the "Star Trek: Picard" season one: "Et in Arcadia Ego - part II." Here's an exclusive sneak peek
Artemis I Spacecraft Environmental Testing Complete
PTTU - 24 Mar 2020 20:00
NASA Glenn Research Center:
NASA asteroid probe will dodge building-size boulders to snatch sample of Bennu
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 19:03
Snatching a piece of asteroid Bennu was supposed to be -- well, not easy, but certainly manageable: scope out the space rock, find some flat spots, swoop down at one, come back home.
NASA to participate in SpaceX engine anomaly investigation
Space News - 24 Mar 2020 19:02
NASA representatives will be part of an ongoing SpaceX investigation into an engine anomaly on a recent Falcon 9 launch as the company prepares for a Crew Dragon mission carrying two NASA astronauts. SpaceNews.com
Europe stalls science on 4 space missions due to coronavirus pandemic
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 18:07
As concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic continue to grow, the European Space Agency (ESA) is scaling back on-site personnel and hitting pause on several scientific missions.
Trump's NASA budget request could spell big changes for Mars missions
SPACE.com - 24 Mar 2020 18:00
If President Donald Trump's budget request becomes reality, NASA may need to shuffle some Red Planet missions, including developing a new Mars Ice Mapper.
Op-ed | A space industry course correction under COVID-19
Space News - 24 Mar 2020 17:56
The space industry is no exception among the industries impacted by COVID-19. In the midst of event cancellations, mission delays, a crash-course in telecommuting, and assurance that the worst is yet to come, whatever bu...
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 23 March 2020 - Advanced Biology Research
SpaceRef - 24 Mar 2020 17:32
Vision tests and a variety of advanced biology research activities took place aboard the International Space Station today....
A new measurement of charge-exchange reaction helps to understand core-collapse supernovae
Phys.org - 24 Mar 2020 16:54
Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, have lately made progress in the study of the electron-capture rates of the 93Nb by using the charge-excha...