SpaceX launched its Bandwagon-3 mission Monday evening from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying additional satellites and a return capsule that will be the first for Europe. The Bandwagon-3 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8:48…
The summit of Mauna Loa was covered in a thick layer of snow, known as “pineapple powder,” after a powerful snowstorm in February 2021. (Photo credit: NASA/Landsat) Stunning satellite images taken in 2021 show the volcanic peaks of Hawaii’s Big…
The main object of the final astronomical event of April will be the crescent moon, which will join Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning. All four celestial bodies will be visible to the naked eye,…
NASA launched another cargo ship to the International Space Station early Monday morning. At 4:15 a.m. ET, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
SpaceX launched its third fleet of spy satellites in eight days on Sunday, marking its 10th mission this year in support of the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. agency that oversees satellite intelligence. A fleet of Starshield satellites, co-developed by…
Twenty-one bipedal robots took to the streets in China on Saturday to compete in the first humanoid half marathon of its kind, but technical glitches left them far behind. A video posted by the BBC shows several robots greeting spectators…
Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday by returning to Earth after seven months on the International Space Station, where he completed Expeditions 71 and 72. Pettit is the oldest active U.S. astronaut, having completed four space flights…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner successfully completed their stay on the International Space Station and returned to Earth. The crew departed the ISS at 5:57 p.m. ET aboard the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft. It…
NASA astronaut Don Pettit will return to Earth from the International Space Station on Saturday along with his two Russian cosmonaut colleagues. Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner are expected to land near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, via parachute at 9:20 p.m.…
Pop singer Katy Perry and TV presenter Gayle King launched into space on Monday, taking part in Blue Origin’s 11th space tourism launch. The all-female crew lifted off at 9:30 a.m. ET in the New Shepard suborbital spacecraft, called NS-31,…