“For All Mankind” is heading to Mars by way of San Diego Comic Con. Between a pair of panels and a set of mission patches, the Apple TV+ alternate space history series will be well represented.
Globular Messier 92: living in M13’s shadow
Messier 92 is a fine globular cluster that lies among the stars of northern Hercules, making it superbly placed in the summer sky for observers at mid-northern latitudes. It can be easily snared through a humble pair of 10 × 50 binoculars and a small telescope can begin to resolve […]
Sojourner: The microwave-sized rover that showed us Mars
Twenty-five years ago today, NASA’s first rover began exploring the Red Planet.
The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Disney Plus in July
Here are the best space and science fiction movies and TV shows to watch on Disney Plus in June.
On This Day In Space: July 3, 1998: Japan launches Nozomi Mars mission
On July 3, 1998, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Nozomi spacecraft on a mission to Mars. This would be the country’s first probe to go to another planet.
Atlas 5 rocket launches two U.S. military satellites on $1.1 billion mission
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday on a six-hour climb to geosynchronous orbit, deploying a classified payload and a U.S. Space Force satellite to test an improved infrared heat-sensitive sensor design that could help detect and track enemy hypersonic missiles.
ScopeTech’s STL-80A Maxi, f/15 refractor
Steve Ringwood goes back to the future, for the new STL-80A Maxi f/15 from ScopeTech is a self-confessed, unabashed return to the classical achromatic refractor.
Atlas 5 launch scrubbed due to stormy weather
Officials scrubbed the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket for the U.S. Space Force Thursday due to the risk of lightning from nearby thunderstorms, delaying the liftoff of the $1.1 billon mission until Friday evening.
The Sky This Week: Celebrate with fireworks
Get a last look at the parade of planets and observe the First Quarter Moon from July 1 to 8.
NASA Awards Engineering, Technology, Science Contract
NASA has awarded the JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science (JETS) II contract to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, to provide engineering and scientific products, technical services and related services for the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, other NASA centers and government agencies.