A new round of scientific experimentation is set to begin in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. For its 27th commercial resupply mission (CRS-27), SpaceX delivered a fresh round of science and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission saw a SpaceX Cargo Dragon launch on Tuesday (March 14) at 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT on March 15) atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CRS-27 is carrying thousands of pounds of research, maintenance supplies and crew necessities…
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Everything we know about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
As the Disney-run Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) pushes onward in 2023 with three movies and several new Disney Plus shows, Sony Pictures still retains the big-screen rights to Spider-Man and much of the immediate Marvel universe that surrounds the character. After the astounding success that was 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, its sequel – titled Across the Spider-Verse – is finally around the corner. Development on the first of the two planned sequels (Beyond the Spider-Verse is set to arrive in 2024) began before the first movie’s release in 2018,…
Read MoreDiana Trujillo Sparks Students’ Curiosity
Elementary school students eagerly raise their hands as Diana Trujillo, technical group supervisor for sequence planning and execution and tactical mission lead for the Mars Perseverance rover, speaks to them on March 13, 2023.
Read MoreEverything we know about The Marvels: Release date, plot, & more
Thanks to Marvel Studios’ big show at San Diego Comic Con (opens in new tab) in July 2022, we know what’s coming from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in the near future. Following Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels will show us the next chapter in Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, and Monica Rambeau’s arcs while unifying their storylines to create a grander sci-fi adventure. The third Ant-Man installment kicks off Phase 5 of the MCU, with Phase 6 starting in February 2025…
Read MoreWatch SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrive at space station on March 16
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule carrying more than 3 tons of supplies will arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning (March 16), and you can watch the off-Earth rendezvous live. The robotic Dragon, which launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday evening (March 14), is scheduled to arrive at the ISS Thursday at 7:52 a.m. EDT (1152 GMT). You can watch the action live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the agency (opens in new tab). Coverage is expected to start…
Read MoreNASA’s new air pollution sensor will monitor smog above America in real time
Satellites have been used to measure air pollution from space for years. For the first time, a space-borne smog sensor will be able to provide data on distribution of air pollutants over America non-stop and in real time. The new sensor, called Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO, will be the first instrument of its kind that will measure concentrations of dangerous air pollutants from geostationary orbit, the ring 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the equator where satellites remain over a fixed spot on Earth. From this vantage point,…
Read MoreNASA, SpaceX Dragon to Deliver Heart Studies, More to Space Station
NASA has another cargo shipment enroute to the International Space Station following a successful Falcon 9 launch of SpaceX’s 27th resupply mission for the agency.
Read MoreNASA Selects Axiom Space for Third Private Astronaut Station Mission
NASA and Axiom Space have signed a mission order for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than November 2023 from the agency’s NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreNASA Picks Firefly Aerospace for Robotic Delivery to Far Side of Moon
To carry multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon including a satellite to orbit that area, NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas. The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European Space Agency) collaboration with NASA.
Read MoreChinese rocket stage crashes to Earth over Texas
A spent rocket stage from a Chinese launch of a trio of spy satellites burned up over Texas last week. The second stage of a Long March 2D rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere as it passed over Texas on March 7, USNI News reported (opens in new tab), citing information from U.S. Space Command. No debris was found on the ground at the time of reporting, but such rocket falls are not without risk. Astronomer and space launch activity tracker Jonathan McDowell linked the event to the Chinese launch last year,…
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