Space

What would it take to dislodge the moon from its orbit and send it on a collision course with Earth?

Another 49 Starlink internet satellites lifted off Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket, notching SpaceX’s third launch and landing this week, and the company’s sixth mission in 28 days.

NASA and SpaceX will hold a joint media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Feb. 4, to provide an update on progress toward the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.

Some people around the world believe our planet is flat. Here’s the (surprising) truth about debating them.

SpaceX’s third Falcon 9 rocket launch of the week is set to carry 49 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Thursday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, continuing the rapid build-out of the company’s commercial broadband network. Liftoff from launch pad 39A is scheduled for 1:13 p.m. EST (1813 GMT).

Paramount Plus has just unveiled the striking key art poster and launch date for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” coming on May 5.

SpaceX will launch a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office at 12:18 p.m. PST (3:18 p.m. EST; 2018 GMT) Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. After sending the NRO payload toward polar orbit, the Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Vandenberg for landing.

NASA and its international partners approved crew members for Axiom Space’s first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Look up tonight (Feb. 2) to see the moon pass near Jupiter in the night sky.

Comet 19P/Borrelly is presently the brightest and best looking comet on show at mid-northern latitudes. It passes through perihelion passage on Tuesday, 1 February, when it lies around 195.4 million kilometres (1.306 AU) from the Sun.