Ist es das, was aus unserer Sonne wird? Ziemlich wahrscheinlich. Die oben gezeigte Blase aus sich ausdehnendem Gas ist der planetarische Nebel PK 164 +31.1, der Atmosphärenrest eines sonnenähnlichen Sterns, der…
This year's 'Fly Your Thesis!' campaign ended on 25 October. For three days, a specially equipped aircraft flew 31 manoeuvres – or parabolas - that generate microgravity conditions, giving students…
NASA's CloudSat spacecraft flew over Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 27 at 2:17 p.m. EDT, when the storm was southeast of Charleston, S.C., and had maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (65 knots).
SpaceX successfully launched their Falcon 9 rocket today, December 8, lifting off at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station’s Launch Complex 40. The launch marks an historic
milestone for the commercial space company and NASA’s COTS program.
Video feed from the rocket showed the Dragon capsule successfully
entering orbit and then separating from the rocket’s second stage.
SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 has successfully achieved Earth orbit.
This has been a great day for SpaceX and a promising step forward for
the US space program, as we make progress towards expanding the human
presence in space.