Hubble images neutron star at the heart of the Crab Nebula
• gizmag.comThe Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the super-dense neutron star at the heart of the famous Crab Nebula.
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Space Travel and Exploration
Target Mars: Red Planet in World's Crosshairs
• http://www.space.com, By Leonard DavidThe robots currently circling Mars and rolling across its surface are about to get a lot of company.
Mission Will Unleash An Arsenal To Fight Space Junk
• popsci.comThe "RemoveDebris" satellite is armed with nets, harpoons, and a drag sail
Watch an epic time-lapse video of Jupiter's moons orbiting around the planet
• theverge.comNASA's Juno spacecraft may be in orbit around Jupiter, but it's going to be a while before the vehicle photographs its first up-close images of the gas giant.
NASA's Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter's orbit: how to watch and what to expect
• theverge.comFollow up fireworks with some space travel
Construction complete on the world's largest radio telescope in China
• http://www.gizmag.com, Anthony WoodWith the installation of a final triangular panel on July 3, 2016, construction has been completed on the gargantuan Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in Dawodang, Kedu Town, Guizhou Province, China.
Juno arrives at Jupiter after five-year voyage
• http://www.gizmag.com, David SzondyJupiter got a little less lonely today as NASA's Juno deep-space probe arrived after a five-year journey capped by a dramatic engine maneuver.
WATCH ALONG WITH US AS THE JUNO SPACECRAFT ARRIVES AT JUPITER
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sarah FechtTHE MISSION WILL GIVE US OUR BEST VIEWS YET OF THE BADDEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Next Space Station crew ready for debut Soyuz MS flight
• http://www.spaceflightinsider.comWith the successful completion of final training sessions, three new Expedition 48 crew members confirmed their readiness for the upcoming flight to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard an upgraded Soyuz MS spacecraft. The crew is set to laun
Hubble captures aurora bigger than Earth swirling at Jupiter's north pole
• http://www.gizmag.com, Michael FrancoLast year might have belonged to Pluto, but by all accounts this is going to be the year of Jupiter.
NASA Explains How the Juno Probe Got to Jupiter
• WiredThe experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory explain the incredibly precise, solar-powered Juno mission to the radiation-strewn planet Jupiter.
See Jupiter's Psychedelic Auroras Like Never Before
• http://www.popsci.comUsing Hubble's ultraviolet capabilities, the light show comes to life
China conducts surprise launch of second Shijian-16 satellite
• spaceflightinsider.comWithout any prior notice, China carried out a secretive liftoff of its Long March 4B booster carrying the Shijian-16 No.2 satellite.
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser to provide access to space for countries worldwide
• spaceflightinsider.comSierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chaser winged spacecraft could be soon flying under a United Nations (UN) agenda.
NASA Is Recruiting Farmers, Teachers, And Technicians To Explore Mars
• http://www.trueactivist.comNASA is hiring farmers who can bring their farming practices to Mars. Teachers, technicians, and surveyors are also sought.
How The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Will Get Into Orbit Around Jupiter
• popsci.comJuno will zoom in on Jupiter on July 4th
Is China militarising space?
• scmp.comExperts say new junk collector could be used as anti-satellite weapon Craft could be used to attack satellites, according to some researchers
NASA Has Confirmed That Earth Now Has A Second Moon That's Here To Stay
• http://www.trueactivist.comIt's been confirmed that the moon is no longer Earth's only cosmic companion. NASA reported this month that a mini-moon, affectionately named asteroid 2016 HO3, has been orbiting Earth for only about 100 years and may stick around for a few cent
Tiny Falcon 9 Rocket Lands Successfully In Backyard Pool
• popsci.comMeet Falcon 0.9
China Launches New Rocket, Prototype Crew Capsule
• Space.comChina successfully launched a new rocket and a prototype next-generation crew capsule Saturday (June 25) in the first-ever liftoff from the nation's new launch center.
If We're Going to Get to Mars, These Rockets Need to Work
• http://www.wired.comIf humans are going to get to Mars, they're going to need rockets with some serious liftoff power. NASA's Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket in the world--it has twin five-segment solid rocket boosters, four liquid propellant engine
China on schedule for launch this year of 2nd space station
• http://bigstory.ap.orgChina on Sunday recovered an experimental probe launched aboard a new generation rocket, marking another milestone in its increasingly ambitious space program that envisions a mission to Mars by the end of the decade.
'The sun goes blank again during the weakest solar cycle in more than a century'
• http://www.climatedepot.com, By: Marc MoranoThe latest solar image is completely spotless for the second time this month
Real Life Death Star? DARPA to Build a U.S. Military Base in Outer Space
• thedailysheeple.comThe stories about this make it sound like it's going to be the Starship Enterprise, but let's be real, this is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, so you know it's going to be more like the Death Star.
NASA's New X-Plane Looks Goofy But Packs Some Serious Tech
• https://www.youtube.comThe X-57 will be essentially like flying a Tesla. It's part of NASA's goals to reduce fuel use, emissions, and noise with innovative aircraft design.
Rewatch Blue Origin's Rocket And Capsule Landings
• popsci.comNailed it
First Test For Machine That Could Change The Future Of Particle Physics
• popsci.comMethod might shrink particle accelerators from town size to table size
Blue Origin safely launches and lands the New Shepard rocket for a fourth time
• http://www.theverge.comThis morning, Blue Origin launched and landed its New Shepard rocket for the fourth time -- and we got to watch the entire thing live. It was the first ever live broadcast of a Blue Origin test flight, showing the vehicle's ascent to the edge of s
NASA will test an experimental hybrid X-plane with 14 electric motors
• http://www.theverge.comNASA is still testing wild new wing technologies to improve energy efficiency in flight. The agency announced yesterday that it is conducting research on a unique wing design that uses 14 electric motors. The experimental aircraft it's designing is c
Earth picks up asteroid traveling companion
• http://www.gizmag.com, Colin JeffreyAstronomers have recently discovered an asteroid dubbed 2016 HO3 that, whilst technically in orbit around the sun, is also spinning in its own merry dance around the Earth.
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