Новости за 22.03.2016

We are in the middle of a double comet encounter -- do astronomers view this unprecedented event as a worrying near-miss? Or is it an exciting opportunity to learn more about these mysterious icy objects?

An Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft launched into space atop an Atlas V rocket on March 22, 2016 to deliver 3.5 tons of supplies to the International Space Station. See dazzling photos of the nighttime launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. here.

The ISS resupply mission launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on March 22nd, 2016 atop an United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft is carrying supplies, experiments and hardware.

Thirty-five years after they launched aboard the "greatest all-electric flying machine," the astronauts who flew aboard NASA's first two space shuttle missions will land in Houston in September for an anniversary celebration.

Billions of times stronger than the biggest hydrogen bomb, the shockwave from the collapse of red supergiant star KSN 2011d touched off a wave of nuclear fusion producing heavy elements like gold, silver and uranium.

An Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station tonight (March 22) at 11:05 p.m. EDT (0305 GMT on March 23). You can watch the liftoff live on Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV.

The robotic Cygnus cargo spacecraft will carry a special fire-in-space experiment to orbit when it launches toward the International Space Station tonight (March 22).

People in the eastern United States have a chance to see a private cargo spacecraft launch toward the International Space Station tonight (March 22). Here's a viewer's guide to the spaceflight action.

Earth's shadow will darken part of the moon Wednesday morning (March 23) in a lunar eclipse that will be visible from much of the globe. But skywatchers shouldn't get too excited; the event is a minor one known as a penumbral eclipse.

A correlation is found between when methane plumes appear on Mars and when the planet passes through remnants of a comet.

NASA’s Dawn mission has returned its best imagery yet of the bright spots of the Occator crater, mountain peaks, rough terrain and the peculiar bright regions, which may be a type of salt.

Right now, spread across the United States, there are some 18,300 people who share in common one thing: they all applied to be the next astronauts. So many applied, that Yuri's Night, the world space party, thinks it merits a badge of honor, literally.

Comets 252P/LINEAR and 2016 BA14 safely flew by Earth on March 21-22, 2016. 252P/LINEAR ranks 5th on closest cometary body fly-by, since such records have been kept (3.5 million miles). 2016 BA14, a suspected fragment of 252P/LINEAR, ranks 2nd.

For the first time, scientists have seen the shock wave emanating from an exploding star in visible light.

The home-improvement store Lowe's and Made In Space, the company behind the world's first zero-G 3D printer, are launching a manufacturing facility on the International Space Station.

After two explosive setbacks, a meteor experiment designed to track "shooting stars" from space is again poised to launch to the International Space Station — and scientists are hoping the third time's the charm.