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On this day in space! Sept. 9, 1982: The 1st private rocket, called Conestoga 1, launches from a Texas cattle ranch
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (368+ words) On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket was designed by Space Services Inc. of America (SSIA) and built from spare parts of other rockets. It was named after a type of covered…...
A ghostly pyramid of light is about to appear before dawn — here's how to see it
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (324+ words) A ghostly "false dawn" is about to light up the predawn sky — if you know where to look. Starting today (Sept. 9), skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere have a chance to spot one of the night sky's more elusive sights: the…...
On this day in space! Sept. 8, 2004: NASA's Genesis solar wind spacecraft crashes in the Utah desert
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (557+ words) Genesis, NASA's first sample-return mission since Apollo 17 in 1972, was brought down by a basic design flaw. On Sept. 8, 2004, NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in Utah after its parachutes failed to deploy. Genesis was NASA's first sample-return mission since the Apollo program,…...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites, lands on ship at sea (video)
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (236+ words) It was the 103rd Falcon 9 launch of the year. SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Sept. 6). The spacecraft rode to low Earth orbit (LEO) atop a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force…...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 226 — Who Owns The Moon?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (192+ words) Space.com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier. Originally founded in 1999, Space.com is, and always has been, the passion of writers and editors who…...
A bright space station will soar over the US this week — and it's not the ISS. Here's how to see it
1+ week, 4+ day ago (522+ words) What's that bright light in the sky? Here's how to see China's Tiangong space station with the naked eye this week. You may have seen the International Space Station whizzing across the night sky before, but have you ever seen…...
What time will SpaceX launch NASA's Roman Space Telscope on Aug. 30? (Full mission timeline)
2+ week, 2+ day ago (971+ words) Plan to wake up extra early on Sunday, Aug. 30, if you don't want to miss SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch a new astronomy icon into space. A huge SpaceX rocket is just days away from launching NASA's next great observatory…...
The night we nearly saw a 'blood moon' (and why I love near-misses in astronomy)
2+ week, 2+ day ago (210+ words) Astronomy is often about being close to extraordinary things without fully experiencing them. Here's why to love partials, grazings, faint objects and other almost-events. Stargazers have trigger words — total, bright, peak, maximum, best. But observing the sky is often more…...
Partial lunar eclipse stuns skywatchers with an ‘almost blood moon’. Here are the best photos
2+ week, 2+ day ago (464+ words) The lunar eclipse occurred as Earth passed between the sun and the moon, granting viewers a spectacular view of our planet's deep umbral shadow as it advanced to cover 96% of the lunar disk, leaving a tiny crescent exposed to direct…...
A black star in a false Spanish twilight: Here's the story of my 1st total solar eclipse
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1825+ words) I journeyed to the path of totality in Spain to watch the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with a group of passionate citizen scientists. Here's my story. I had never seen a total solar eclipse. That's a strange thing to admit…...