The Dragon Returns
• popsci.comSpaceX's Dragon splashes down from space with 3,700 lbs of stuff
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A cracked window on the International Space Station? That's not good
• The RegisterBritish astronaut Tim Peake has sparked an orbital kerfuffle after he tweeted a picture showing a crack in the International Space Station's window. It was caused by space debris.
See SpaceX's Epic Ocean Rocket Landing From 3 Angles (Video)
• Space.com.This is what it looks like when a rocket blazes down out of a pitch-black sky and makes a pinpoint landing on a ship at sea. -
Mystery Mission: Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Nears 1 Year in Orbit
• http://www.space.comThe U.S. military's uncrewed X-37B space plane is nearing one year in orbit on its latest secret mission.
Watch Blue Origin's Reusable Rocket Land For The Third Time, From The Rocket's POV
• popsci.comIt still hasn't landed on a droneship though
NASA HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT: More than 1,200 new planets that could hold life found
• express.co.ukTHE chance of alien life being found one day has been boosted after NASA scientists revealed they have found 1,284 NEW planets that could house alien life.
Oxygen Detected In Martian Atmosphere
• popsci.comFlying telescope makes first successful such observation since the '70s
Watch Blue Origin's Reusable Rocket Land For The Third Time, From The Rocket's POV
• popsci.comIt still hasn't landed on a droneship though
Behold A SpaceX Sunset
• popsci.comSee the returned Falcon 9 booster on its drone ship
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Lands On Drone Ship--Again
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sarah FechtGet used to it
Falcon 9 beats the odds with nighttime barge landing
• http://www.gizmag.com, David SzondySpaceX has nailed a night landing of its Falcon 9 booster. Against all expectations, the rocket not only achieved its second landing on the unmanned "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship, but did so in the dark, at high speed and with little fuel.
SpaceX rocket launches satellite, then lands on ship at sea
• http://www.reuters.comAn unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday to put a communications satellite into orbit, then made a swift return landing on an ocean platform, a live webcast showed.
GoPro footage gives you a rocket's-eye view of spaceflight
• gizmag.comAction cameras have been strapped to dogs, chainsaw-wielding drones and everything in between, but there's a new benchmark for homegrown heroes and their action-cam videos courtesy of UP Aerospace.
Will SpaceX Get People to Mars Before NASA?
• Space.comBillionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, never one to rest on his laurels, recently laid out the opening move in his long-term quest to land people (himself included) on Mars.
Life on Mars Will Have a Harder Time Hiding from NASA's New Rover
• http://motherboard.vice.comGo ahead and pencil in February 18, 2021 on your calendars, because that's when NASA's next Mars rover is due to land on the Martian surface.
All The Habitable Planets (Ok, Just Three) Are Hanging Out Around This Ultracool Star
• popsci.comSooooo popular
A three-way collision of galaxies has given birth to a monstrous black hole
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Ali SundermierResearchers at the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope were performing a routine measurement when when they spotted something intriguing.
SpaceX updates the capabilities of its Falcon rockets on its website
• theverge.comThe rockets can lift even more than the company thought
SPACEX'S 'RED DRAGONS' TO START MARS EXPLORATION IN 2018
• Next News Network - Gary FranchiThe SpaceX aerospace company has scheduled a 2018 test mission to Mars that, under the ambitious plans announced by company head Elon Musk, will become the first step to colonizing the Red Planet.
SpaceX Wins Its First Major Military Contract
• http://www.popsci.comBreaking up the space launch monopoly. It's been a good week for SpaceX. The private spaceflight company just won a major contract to launch a military payload into space--a job that has long been monopolized by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint
Winds a quarter of the speed of light spotted flowing around binary black holes
• http://www.redorbit.com
Parallel Universes: Theories & Evidence
• http://www.space.com, By Elizabeth HowellIs our universe unique?
SpaceX fast-tracks Mars plans and shoots for 2018 launch of unmanned lander
• http://www.gizmag.com, Nick LavarsEither Elon Musk really, really can't wait to get to Mars or the engineers working for him are building the necessary technologies a bit faster than expected.
Hubble discovers new moon in our Solar System
• gizmag.comA team of astronomers has announced the discovery of a new moon located in the far reaches of our Solar System, orbiting the little-known dwarf planet Makemake.
SpaceX's Red Dragon: A Private Mars Mission Plan in Pictures
• http://www.space.com, By Tariq MalikSpaceX's Red Dragon project, announced on April 27, 2016, officially puts the company on a path to Mars, possibly as early as 2018. - See more at: http://www.space.com/32718-spacex-red-dragon-private-mars-missions-pictures.html#sthash.Wy0JNDFt.dpuf
SpaceX Plans To Land On Mars As Soon As 2018
• popsci.comStep 1 toward colonizing the red planet
Check Out Models Of The Cosmic Web That Connects Galaxies
• http://www.popsci.com,By Mary Beth GriggsExplore the architecture of the universe
What Are Cosmic Rays?
• http://www.space.com, By Elizabeth HowellCosmic rays are atom fragments that rain down on the Earth from outside of the solar system.
A 'Bubble' for Hubble: Iconic Telescope Snaps Spectacular Birthday Photo
• http://www.space.com, By Tariq MalikThe Hubble Space Telescope may be turning 26 years old this weekend, but its vision is still out of this world. Case in point: this jaw-dropping view of the Bubble Nebula to celebrate the iconic space observatory's birthday.
This Futuristic Ion Engine Could Carry Our Luggage To Mars
• popsci.comBut its first stop will likely be an asteroid
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