NASA's getting ready to plunge a spacecraft deeper into the sun than ever before
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Ali SundermierNASA is one step closer in its mission to "touch" the sun.
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In pictures: Gorgeous space station concepts from the 1970s
• http://www.gizmag.comThose of a certain age and a certain bent can't fail to look at this beautiful depiction of the interior of a space station without a sense of nostalgia. Because, though Don Davis (in this case) depicts a presumably far-future vision of human space c
Streak of light across night sky is reentry of decaying Chinese rocket, defense officials say
• http://www.latimes.comA streak of light seen bursting across the night sky late Wednesday was a Chinese rocket that reentered the atmosphere near California, the U.S. Strategic Command confirmed.
Companies are flooding Earth's orbit with satellites, but no one's directing traffic
• Washington PostIn the past five years, the number of operational satellites has jumped 40 percent, and nearly 1,400 now orbit the Earth. Industry officials say that number could more than double in five years as a revolution in technology has made satellites smalle
Musk Hypes New Master Plan to Support Increasingly Ambitious Promises
• The Daily BellThere are increasing elements of an obvious "hustle" about Musk's various endeavors. People are starting to notice. When the stock market finally collapses, Musk will face significant challenges.
Who Owns the Moon? | Space Law & Outer Space Treaties
• Space.comBecause space is an area without defined boundaries, there are many questions about legal jurisdiction on spacecraft orbiting Earth and other celestial bodies.
Two Faraway Planets May Have Atmospheres That Can Support Life
• popsci.comHubble Telescope will investigate further
RUSSIA'S SPACE TROOPS TO RECEIVE SOYUZ MISSILES
• Next News NetworkThe Russian News Agency reports A total of seven launch vehicles of the Soyuz family will be built for the Russian Defense Ministry this year, Alexander Kirilin, the Director General of the Progress Missile and Space Center said on Friday.
Human DNA sent into SPACE to 'back-up' species so we're NEVER extinct
• express.co.ukA REVOLUTIONARY project is in the pipeline which will see scientists send human DNA to other star systems as a 'back-up' for the human species.
Scientists Studied the Atmospheres of Earth-size Exoplanets For the First Time
• motherboard.vice.comIn May, scientists said they'd found three potentially habitable worlds.
SpaceX pursuing additional landing pads in Florida
• http://www.spaceflightinsider.comA July 18 Orlando Sentinel article reported SpaceX is seeking U.S. government approval to access two new landing areas at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to support returning stages for the future Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.
Humanity Chip Wants To Send Your Time Capsule Into Space
• popsci.comBreakthrough Starshot, but for romantics
SpaceX Will Try To Land Three Rocket Boosters At Once
• popsci.comFollowing the Falcon Heavy liftoff, a triple whammy
Experience A Virtual Trip To Mars In A School Bus
• popsci.com"Take your second right past Mars on the magic..."
Kepler Spots 100+ More Exoplanets, Some Potentially Habitable
• popsci.comWe've got exoplanets on exoplanets
Russians launch station cargo ship; SpaceX up next
• cbsnews.comRussia launched a Progress space freighter from Kazakhstan Saturday, kicking off a two-day flight to deliver 5,809 pounds of equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.
World's Most Powerful Radio Telescope Discovers 1300 New Galaxies in Trial Run
• motherboard.vice.comOn Saturday night astronomers at the South African MeerKAT radio telescope array fired up 16 of its recently completed dishes and released the first ever image from what is slated to become the world's most powerful radio telescope.
The Orbital Handshake That Changed Space History
• motherboard.vice.comHumanity's first adventures in space were catalyzed by intense competition between two rival nations.
SpaceX Aims to Re-Launch Landed Rocket This Fall
• http://www.space.comThe first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lands on the deck of the robotic ship "Of Course I Still Love You" on April 8, 2016. The company aims to refly this booster in autumn 2016.
Secret 'American' Space Fleets
• arcleinOver a 12 year period beginning in 1951, William Tompkins worked for an above Top Secret think tank within the Douglas Aircraft Company designing kilometer-long antigravity spacecraft covertly requested by the U.S. Navy. Now aged 92, Tompkins has com
Apollo Missions Ended Because Extraterrestrials Prevented US Navy Bases on Moon
• arcleinThe U.S. Navy planned to put 10,000 people on the Moon in the early 1970s as part of a secret lunar bases program that was to be established through the NASA Apollo program. According to William Tompkins, a top aerospace designer who worked for major
For the first time, scientists to sequence genes in space
• rawstory.comGiven her background in researching some of the deadliest pathogens on Earth, including Ebola, colleagues of newly arrived astronaut Kate Rubins had expected her to want to do "crazy science fiction" on the International Space Station.
The Juno Spacecraft Sent Back Its First Postcard From Jupiter's Orbit
• popsci.comNice view
What Is This Mysterious Syndrome Affecting the Eyesight of 80% of Astronauts?
• thedailysheeple.comEditor's Note: Add this to the giant pile of stuff we aren't being told about what's really going on in outer space… Eighty percent is a huge number of astronauts who have been to space for long-term periods and who are all having the same pr
New dwarf planet discovered beyond Neptune
• gizmag.comA new dwarf planet has been identified on the fringes of our solar system. Designated 2015 RR245, the object's size hasn't been confirmed just yet, but its discoverers estimate it to have a diameter of 700 km (435 miles) and one of the largest known
NASA shuts down live International Space Station feed as 'mysterious UFO enters Earth's atmo
• http://www.mirror.co.ukThe incident caused speculation online - and is not the first time NASA have been accused of tampering with the feed.
The Niburu Planet X System and Its Potential Impacts on Our Solar System
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Joachim HagopianSpeculating and theorizing about the existence of yet undiscovered planets in our solar system has been bounced around for centuries.
NASA To Install Solar System-Wide Internet On The ISS
• http://www.trueactivist.comNASA took a major step toward creating a Solar System Internet by establishing operational Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) service on the International Space Station.
One Year After Kickoff, OneWeb Says Its 700-Satellite Constellation is On Schedule
• Space.comSatellite Internet startup OneWeb Satellites has completed the preliminary design review for its 700-satellite constellation and expects to have its entire satellite subcontractor team committed by by early August, Chief Operating Officer Eric de Sai
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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