Space

What Could Delay the Historic SpaceX and NASA Launch?

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Detailed planning and test after test do not always mean smooth sailing in space flight.

It’s Time to Study Space Sexology

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Scientists say the time has come to study sex in space if humanity will ever stand a chance at surviving on other planets.

Watch the Next NASA and SpaceX Mission on Discovery and Science Channel

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On Sunday November 15, NASA and SpaceX team up again for the first operational mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Discovery and Science Channel will be coming to you LIVE from the launch pad for SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: CREW-1 LIFT OFF starting at 5 PM ET.

MOXIE: Carbon Dioxide Turns Into Oxygen on Mars

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Recently, Perseverance produced 5.4 grams of oxygen on Mars through an instrument named MOXIE. Can humans live on Mars with the help of this device? Let’s find out.

The James Webb Space Telescope Launches!

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Finally! It was initially proposed way back in 1998 and named the James Webb Space Telescope in 2002. After a decade of delays and over 10 billion dollars past its original budget, NASA’s next great observatory finally launched from the European Space Agency’s Guiana Space Centre in South America.

Watch the Super Flower Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse

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Those located in the Americas, Europe, or Africa can see this rare total lunar eclipse during the night of May 15, 2022.

The Secrets of Jupiter’s Atmosphere…in 3D!

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Jupiter is all sorts of wild.

3 Awesome Launches to Look Forward to This Year

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2021 was a pretty exciting year for spaceflight. We had a bunch of private rocket launches and the initiation of a new era in space tourism. We had the launch of DART, a mission where NASA will use a spacecraft to punch an asteroid in the face. And at the last moment, we had liftoff for the much-delayed and long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope.

This Little Star Made a Blast Bigger Than Our Sun Ever Could

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Small stars can pack a surprisingly powerful punch. For an example look no further than the nearest neighbor to our solar system, Proxima Centauri. This little red dwarf just sent off a blast a hundred times more powerful than anything that our own sun ever has.

Inspiration4: Successful Liftoff and Splashdown for the First Civilian Mission to Space

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SpaceX launched four private citizens to space on Wednesday, September 15, at 8:02PM ET. Following their three-day trip around the Earth, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida Saturday evening. There were no professional astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Let’s learn more about Inspiration4's journey. Updated Monday, September 20.

The Rover's Arrival

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See the NASA footage taken during the landing of the Mars Rover, Perseverance.

Axiom Mission 1 Liftoff

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This morning, April 8, 2022, at 11:17am ET, Axiom Space, NASA and SpaceX launched the first all-private crewed flight to the International Space Station.

India’s Space Agency is Going Big… By Going Small

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Astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter shares the latest in the world of rocket launches and what India’s SSLV is all about.

What Comes After the Moon and Mars?

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Space hotels may be in our future.

We’re Watching a Giant Star Die Before Our Very Eyes

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Sure, the Sun is big. It’s over a hundred times wider than the Earth and weighs over 330,000 times the mass of our planet.It’s peanuts.

NASA and SpaceX are Going on a Date, and We're All Invited

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Save the date--On May 27th, if everything goes as planned, a rocket will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Watch SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: AMERICA RETURNS TO SPACE on Discovery and Science Channel starting at 2P ET.

New Photos of Martian Space Wreckage

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captured photos of an eerie debris field on Mars.

Scientists Watch as Stars Quake

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The European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has managed to watch stars tremble, their light subtly changing as starquakes ripple through their surfaces. Which is pretty cool, because Gaia wasn’t even designed to do it.