On Thursday, July 30th at 7:50A ET in Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA successfully launched its Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter into orbit with the help of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket. The mission? Search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.
Get the play-by-play on everything that happened from launch preparations and tests to liftoff and dock with the ISS. (Updated 5/31/20)
A spacecraft full of humans is going to crash on the Earth and that’s okay. What goes up, must come down. At least, that’s what the saying is. And in the case of the historic NASA/SpaceX crewed mission to the International Space Station, it’s true.
End Game takes home the first-ever Golden Bolt Trophy, and five additional teams win Best in Show awards in the BattleBots Champions finale.
Iceland has an international reputation as a nation of ice and fire – majestic glaciers mixed with explosive volcanic activity.
Forestation and tree growth are perhaps the most powerful tool for reducing levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth’s atmosphere and tackling climate change. Now genetically modified (GM) ‘supertrees’ that grow faster and rapidly take up CO2 could be used to address the climate crisis.
A conservation success story in California has taken a turn for the worst following the catastrophic blazes that have swept the state over the past month.
Space travel isn’t just for NASA astronauts now. How did we get here, and what is next in the incredible race to space? SPACE TITANS: MUSK, BEZOS, BRANSON, an all-new special streaming Thursday, November 4 on discovery+, will follow the world’s most successful entrepreneurs who are putting billions of dollars on the line to launch a revolution in space.
Luke Tipple is joined by marine biologist, Dr. Craig O’Connell to discuss shark repellents and how Montauk, New York has become a Great White hotspot.
At age 33, Watkins will soon make history as the first Black woman to join the International Space Station on an extended mission. She will serve as a mission specialist in a four-person crew on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft named Freedom.
(Updated: November 16, 2020) After multiple delays, the NASA SpaceX Crew-1 Mission launched on Sunday, November 15th at 7:27P ET. This historic milestone marks the first operational mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with four astronauts and kicks off the gateway to the second golden age of space exploration. Here's everything that happened on launch day.
Shiners must dig deep to overcome new challenges on MOONSHINERS, and the top legal and outlaw distillers will bring their best skills on MASTER DISTILLER. Both new seasons premiere on Nov. 9 on Discovery.
Since 1996, the first week of November has been dedicated to National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week. This year is no exception! Despite the obstacles and setbacks of 2020, there’s been incredible response from animal lovers in communities across the country.
All you need to know about the new season of Mysteries of the Abandoned beginning Thursday, April 14 on Discovery Channel.
But in the meantime, here are some fin-tastic facts you probably didn’t know about sharks.