Rocket Lab will launch a radar Earth-observation satellite for the California company Capella Space early Tuesday (Sept. 19), and you can watch the action live.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return to Earth: Live updates
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission will return pieces of asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023. Follow the historic landing live here.
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Plasma arc is Astronomy photograph of the year
A teal-colored plasma arc next to the iconic Andromeda Galaxy stole the show in this year’s Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition announced this week. The dazzling image and overall winner of the competition, Andromeda, Unexpected, was taken by Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner and Yann Sainty. “It’s an […]
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NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Reach Space Station for Science Expedition
NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and two cosmonauts safely arrived at the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 15, bringing its number of residents to 10 for the coming week.
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Are we about to see a rare green comet light up the sky? An expert explains what to expect from Comet Nishimura
There’s a slight chance Comet Nishimura might brighten unexpectedly. Astronomer Jonti Horner explains what to expect.
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Live coverage: Russian-US crew launches on Soyuz rocket to International Space Station
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:44 a.m. EDT (1544 UTC) to relieve a space station crew that unexpectedly served a year in space. Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara will take a fast-track […]
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The Sky This Week from September 15 to 22: Neptune reaches opposition
Friday, September 15Saturn’s largest and brightest moon, Titan, is passing south of the ringed planet overnight. You can find Saturn as soon as the sky grows dark after sunset, glowing a soft magnitude 0.5 in Aquarius. By two hours after sunset, the planet is just over 25° high in the […]
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NASA’s Record-Breaking Astronaut to Discuss Yearlong Mission
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio will speak to media about his record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station during an Earth-to-space call at 12:15 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 19. The virtual news conference is the final opportunity to hear from Rubio while he is in orbit on this yearlong mission.
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Russian rocket launches 3 spaceflyers for up to yearlong stay on ISS (video)
Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub have left Earth to spend a year aboard the International Space Station, flying on Russia’s Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft with Loral O’Hara, who will return after six months.
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Live Coverage: SpaceX keeping a weather eye on Hurricane Lee ahead of midnight Starlink launch
SpaceX hopes to launch its 65th orbital mission of the year shortly after midnight tonight, but it’s keeping an eye on the hurricane-churned ocean in the booster recovery zone. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral with 22 satellites for the Starlink network is scheduled for 12:03 a.m. EDT […]