Science & Exploration 09/03/2024 19 views 0 likes After more than six months on the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and the rest of Crew-7 will undock and make their way down to Earth on 11 March 2024 at 13:15 GMT/14:15 CET,...
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Marvel Comics salutes Women’s History Month with 7 ‘Star Wars’ variant covers
March is the calendar page where we honor and salute Women's History Month each year and nowhere do the female stars shine brightest than Marvel Comics' batch of celebratory "Star Wars" variant covers spawned from a galaxy far, far away.Scattered across the...
Voyager 1 is sending binary gibberish to Earth from 15.1 billion miles away
Back to Article List NASA is working on a fix, which is complicated by the billions of miles between the craft and Earth. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it...
Into Totality: Our Complete Guide to the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse Across North America
What to watch for on April 8th as totality sweeps across the continent. The time has come. Seven years ago on an August afternoon, the shadow on the Moon swept across the United States. Now we’re in the one month stretch, leading up to the big ticket...
Reentry of International Space Station (ISS) batteries into Earth’s atmosphere
Space Safety 07/03/2024 16944 views 32 likes The European Space Agency (ESA) Space Debris and Independent Safety Offices are closely monitoring the reentry of a pallet of used ISS batteries and calculating estimates for when and where the reentry will occur....
Potensic A20 Mini Drone review
When you're first getting into drones, the thought of spending hundreds of dollars/pounds on even a beginner camera drone can be daunting. The most common concern for beginners is that they might crash or lose their drone. So, before buying one of the more...
Celestron CEO Corey Lee on the revolutionary Origin Intelligent Home Observatory
Celestron's Origin smart telescope could transform the way many amateur astronomers enjoy the hobby. Credit: Celestron In early 2024 Astronomy Magazine Editor Dave Eicher spoke to Celestron’s CEO, Corey Lee, about a new product that seems poised to change...
Crew-8 Arrives at the ISS, Despite a Crack in the Capsule
Space travel seems to be a fairly regular occurrence now with crews hopping up and down to the International Space Station. This week, another crew arrived on board a SpaceX Dragon capsule known as Endeavour. On board were NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick,...
Ariane 6 stages having a BAL
The two central stages for Ariane 6’s first flight are being assembled in the launcher assembly building (BAL) at Europe’s Spaceport. The core stage and the upper stage for Europe’s new rocket Ariane 6 are set to fly in the Summer of 2024. Once assembled, the...
NASA taps Nikon cameras to help Artemis astronauts photograph the moon
When the Apollo astronauts snapped some 18,000 photographs on the moon in the 1960s, they did so with some very 1960s camera technology. Lacking viewfinders, the astronauts had to attach their cameras to their spacesuits' chests. Reliant on photographic film,...