After delivering almost three tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the crew of the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the SS Janice Voss, is scheduled to leave the station Friday, Aug. 15. NASA Television will provide live coverage of departure activities beginning at 6:15 a.m. EDT. Ground controllers in the Mission Control […]
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Television Coverage Set for Final European Space Station Cargo Ship Docking
The fifth and final docking of a European Space Agency cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station will air live on NASA Television Tuesday, Aug. 12, beginning at 8 a.m. EDT. Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 5, which is named “George Lemaitre” in honor of the 20th century Belgian astronomer and physicist credited with proposing the […]
NASA, Navy Prepare for Orion Spacecraft to Make a Splash
A team of technicians, engineers, sailors and divers just wrapped up a successful week of testing and preparing for various scenarios that could play out when NASA’s new Orion spacecraft splashes into the Pacific Ocean following its first space flight test in December. After enduring the extreme environment of space, Orion will blaze back through […]
Hubble Finds Supernova Star System Linked to Potential “Zombie Star”
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has spotted a star system that could have left behind a “zombie star” after an unusually weak supernova explosion. A supernova typically obliterates the exploding white dwarf, or dying star. On this occasion, scientists believe this faint supernova may have left behind a surviving portion of […]
Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a cosmic magnifying glass. Seen here as it looked 9.6 billion years ago, this monster elliptical galaxy breaks the previous record-holder by 200 million years. These “lensing” galaxies are so massive that their gravity bends, magnifies, and distorts light […]
