China wants to send spacecraft to edge of solar system to mark 100th year of PRC
Friday, 07 May 2021 08:37
BlackSky demonstrates growth and scalability with planned launch of additional satellites
Friday, 07 May 2021 08:37
Coldplay beam new song into space in chat with French astronaut
Friday, 07 May 2021 07:43
Coldplay gave new meaning to the idea of a single launch, playing new song "Higher Power" for the first time during a video link-up with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Pesquet spoke with the British group from the International Space Station.
"We sent you some music, because right now we aren't able to play for anyone on Earth, so we thought we would just play for you," singer Chris Martin said before playing the song late Thursday.
"This is the premiere for the whole... galaxy," he added, saying the song was about "trying to find the astronaut in all of us, the person who can do amazing things.
China says 'extremely low' risk of damage on Earth from rocket re-entry
Friday, 07 May 2021 07:19
China said Friday the risk of damage on Earth from a rocket which fell out of orbit after separating from Beijing's space station was "extremely low", after the United States warned it could crash down onto an inhabited area.
Military experts in the US expect the body of the Long March 5B rocket to fall to the surface some time around Saturday or Sunday, but warned it was difficult to predict where it will land and when.
But Beijing downplayed the risk of any damage on Friday.
"The probability of causing harm to aviation activities or (on people and activities) on the ground is extremely low," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
China says 'extremely low' risk of damage from rocket debris
Friday, 07 May 2021 07:19
China said Friday the risk of damage on Earth from a rocket which fell out of orbit after separating from Beijing's space station was "extremely low", after the United States warned it could crash down onto an inhabited area.
Military experts in the US expect the body of the Long March 5B rocket to fall to the surface some time around Saturday or Sunday, but warned it was difficult to predict where it will land and when.
But Beijing downplayed the risk of any damage on Friday.
"The probability of causing harm to aviation activities or (on people and activities) on the ground is extremely low," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Earth from Space: Morbihan, France
Friday, 07 May 2021 07:00
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Morbihan – a French department in the south of Brittany.
Starliner completes full space station mission simulation
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
"I felt really heavy:" astronauts describe returning to Earth on SpaceX capsule
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
Why Ingenuity's fifth flight will be different
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
Volcanoes on Mars could be active, raise possibility of recent habitable conditions
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
Juice arrives at ESA's technical heart
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
Illuminating the Cosmic Dark Ages with a Lunar radio telescope
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
A new window to see hidden side of magnetized universe
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
Johns Hopkins Scientists Model Saturn's Interior
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35
Mysterious hydrogen-free supernova sheds light on stars' violent death throes
Friday, 07 May 2021 03:35