WASHINGTON: With a recent second-stage award to Raytheon Intelligence & Space for prototype demonstration, the Space Force is one step closer to finally being able to replace its few remaining Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) weather satellites.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-ES) on Nov. 29 announced its own EWS contract had been “up-scoped from a one year on orbit sensor demonstration to a three-to-five-year prototype spacecraft with residual operational capability.
Astronomers find record-breaking haul of starless 'rogue' planets | Space
Astronomers have discovered dozens of new "rogue" planets, roughly doubling the known number of these mysterious free-roaming worlds.
A team of researchers found a collection of at least 70 exoplanets without parent stars — the largest single group of rogue planets ever found — in a patch of space about 420 light-years from Earth, a new study reports.
The Orbiting Infrared Observatory is Designed to Be About 100 Times More Sensitive Than ...
The orbiting infrared observatory is designed to be about 100 times more sensitive than its Hubble predecessor. It seeks to succeed the Hubble in showing a different side of space🌌 2/5 pic.twitter.com/q2N6Hga3UA — Reuters (@Reuters) December 23, 2021
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Photos of what Christmas looks like around the world
Glittering pine trees, Santa Claus and stockings are part of many people's ideas of Christmas, but the holiday can look vastly different around the globe.
From Europe to Asia to the depths of Antarctica, here's how Christmas is celebrated in nine places around the world — and one place orbiting around the world.
Tracking down the forces that shaped our Solar System’s evolution: Discovery answers
Meteorites are remnants of the building blocks that formed Earth and the other planets orbiting our Sun.
By studying a meteorite's chemistry and mineralogy, researchers like Nie and Carnegie's Anat Shahar can reveal details about the conditions these materials were exposed to during the Solar System's tumultuous early years.
Crew Unpacks Cargo Dragon and Sets up New Space Research – Space Station
Less than two hours later, Dragon's hatch was opened as Chari and NASA Flight Engineer Kayla Barron entered the vehicle and began unloading critical research hardware and samples.
Astronauts Mark Vande Hei of NASA and Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) also joined in the cargo activities beginning to unpack crew supplies, spacewalk gear, station hardware, and computer equipment to replenish the orbiting lab.
Best Space Station Science Pictures of 2021 | NASA
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