Space Exploration

NASA has released new images taken by the Juno probe of Jupiter, featuring giant storms and swirling clouds in the gas giant’s atmosphere. This image of Jupiter was taken on February 12, 2019, as Juno performed its 18th close flyby of the planet. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI …

  The Israeli lunar lander Beresheet has suffered a snag in its efforts to reach the Moon. On Monday, the lander built by Israeli startup SpaceIL missed an orbital maneuver while it was out of communication with the ground. “During the pre-maneuver phase the spacecraft computer reset unexpectedly, causing the …

  NASA will take a step closer to restoring the United States’ space exploration capabilities in less than a week. The organization has given SpaceX the green light to launch a test flight to the International Space Station for the first unmanned test of the Crew Dragon capsule. The seven-seat …

  Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe successfully met the surface of the asteroid Ryugu last week. While it was there, it fired a small bullet into the surface to (hopefully) collect a sample. The probed backed away after making its attack run, but it appears Ryugu has been changed by the …

NASA’s New Horizons probe has returned the sharpest images of Ultima Thule to date, taken during the spacecraft’s historic flyby of the Kuiper Belt object on January 1, 2019. This composite picture combines nine individual images taken with New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), each with an exposure time …

  Virgin Galactic is inching closer and closer to making its commercial spaceflight service a reality. The company just completed yet another test flight of its rocket-powered spaceplane, reaching the highest altitude yet of 55.87 miles (89.8 kilometers). At this rate, founder Richard Branson has expressed optimism that he’ll be …

  Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe has actually been surveying the planet Ryugu for a number of months currently, and also the moment has actually nearly shown up for the spacecraft to begin taking chance ats the surface area. In a couple of hrs, Hayabusa 2 will certainly release a little …

You probably examine the environment before you leave your house in the morning, nevertheless expect you’re heading out to Mars. Well, NASA has a new climate condition details for you. The InSight lander has really hopped on the red globe for a number of months, getting its devices developed along …

Starting Tuesday, February 19, 2019, NASA’s Understanding lander will certainly supply a everyday record of climatic weather on Mars. This device, established by scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cornell University and also Spain’s Centro de Astrobiologia, consists of statistics on temperature level, wind and also atmospheric pressure tape-recorded by …

A collection of pictures from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft consists of crucial clinical info concerning truth form of the Kuiper Belt item Ultima Thule (2014 MU69). These photos are the last sights New Horizons recorded of Ultima Thule as it competed away at over 31,000 miles per hour (50,000 kmh) …