On Feb. 20, 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral inside a tiny capsule named Friendship 7. The Mercury spacecraft circled Earth three times, ultimately splashing down near the Turks and Caicos Islands four hours and 55 ...
Largest galaxy yet: Small oblong light at center with two larger lobes disconnected on each Scientists have named the largest radio galaxy they've ever seen Alcyoneus. In Greek mythology, Alcyoneus was a giant, an offspring of Gaia, and immortal while on ...
The latest U.S. astronauts to follow John Glenn into orbit and the Australian city that lit up for his mission 60 years ago both celebrated the legacy of Glenn's historic American spaceflight. The four NASA crew members currently on board the ...
A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with 49 of SpaceX's Starlink broadband spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Sunday at 9:44 a.m. EST (1444 GMT). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX, ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has gotten a lot of media attention lately — and for good reason. The $10 billion device was launched in December to much fanfare, and it's expected to provide never-before-seen information on some of the most ...
Our nearest neighbor star, Proxima Centauri, may now have three planets going around it. This isn't a new development — the planets have been orbiting the red dwarf star for billions of years —but rather that now we have the capability to detect it.
John Glenn. On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn set out on NASA's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard Friendship 7. NASA/Andy Saunders; Digital Source: Stephen Slater.
The next private SpaceX flight will conduct novel science experiments in space. Why it matters: The research may help to answer key questions about how humans fare during long periods in space and how to protect them in a future where more people could ...
An Israeli experiment to grow chickpeas in space was sent up on Saturday to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Northrop Grumman resupply mission. The experiment, known as the Space Hummus project, is the brainchild of SpaceIL ...
An Israeli-led team sent exactly 28 chickpeas to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday as part of an experiment into the growth of the legume in space. The team plans to use the 28 chickpeas to study germination in zero gravity.
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