Space Science
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew splashes down off Florida
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on Saturday (Sept 18), completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit.
What life is like aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule
The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday and the four crew members -- a billionaire and three other Americans -- have already seen more than 25 sunsets and sunrises. SpaceX has released few details about their adventure since they reached an orbit that is more distant than that of the International Space Station. Here's what we know about their life on board:
SpaceX capsule with world's first all-civilian orbital crew set for splashdown
The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission were due to splash down in the Atlantic off Florida on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit.
Mars rocks collected by Perseverance boost case for ancient life
Both samples, slightly wider than a pencil in diameter and about six centimeters long, are now stored in sealed tubes in the rover's interior.
NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock
NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sues NASA over Moon lander contract
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract
Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon.
Chinese researchers propose deflecting 'Armageddon' asteroids with rockets
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 of China's largest rockets to practice turning away a sizable asteroid - a technique that may eventually be crucial if a killer rock is on a collision course with Earth.
NASA successfully inflates new space station room
NASA successfully inflated a new experimental room at the International Space Station on Saturday, producing the world's first pump-it-up compartment for astronauts.
Solar Impulse aeroplane reaches Ohio
Solar Impulse has landed in the US state of Ohio following the 12th stage of its circumnavigation of the globe.
Evidence of ancient tsunamis on Mars
Scientists suggest that at least two huge tsunamis once swept across the Red Planet, triggered by large impacts.
In visuals: Curiosity's first visit to Martian dunes
Curiosity is a rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Let’s take a closer look into the Martian land, more specifically its dunes.
SpaceX targets 2018 for first Mars mission
SpaceX plans to send an unmanned Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018, a first step in achieving founder Elon Musk’s goal to fly people to another planet.
Gravitational wave mission passes 'sanity check'
A European Space Agency effort to try to detect gravitational waves in space is not only technically feasible but compelling, a new report finds.
The ancient Peruvian mystery solved from space
In one of the most arid regions in the world a series of carefully constructed, spiralling holes form lines across the landscape. Known as puquios, their origin has been a puzzle – one that could only be solved from space.
Stephen Hawking, Russian billionaire in hunt for alien life
Stephen Hawking is backing a project to send tiny spacecraft to another star system within a generation which is to travel trillions of miles; far further than any previous craft.
Scientists now know why North Pole is moving
Scientists thought that they finally came to know the reasons behind the movement of North Pole.It's not terribly unusual for the rotational pole of a planet to shift, especially since the earth is not perfectly spherical. It tends to wobble a little as it spins on its axis, reports Business Insiders.
Planet Nine isn't harmful
Astrophysicists outline what Planet Nine might be like - if indeed it exists.