Новости за 17.10.2016

Statements attributed to SpaceX founder Elon Musk suggest he remains concerned that Falcon 9 rocket operations are vulnerable to attack by "a long list" of SpaceX adversaries even if it's unlikely that such an event was behind the Sept. 1 explosion.

The surprise discovery that the tiny red dwarf star has its own "starspot" cycle is a conundrum and is probably another sign that the "habitable" Proxima b isn't a place you'd want to visit.

China successfully launched its first human spaceflight mission in more than three years Oct. 16, placing into orbit a spacecraft carrying two astronauts that will dock with a new space laboratory module.

In the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the NASA Johnson Space Center there are full-size training modules that astronauts use to prepare for International Space Station missions. NASA astronaut Reid Weisman gives a tour of the them.

The solar wind blasts the closest planet to the sun, leaving it with the thinnest atmosphere of all the planets.

For the first time, Orbital ATK's revamped Antares rocket successfully soared into space, departing NASA's Wallops Flight Facility this evening on a mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

THe Orbital ATK cargo spacecraft launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Oct. 17, 2016. This was the return to flight for the Antares rocket, which was redesigned after its last launch failure.

For more than 15 years, a lone scientist in southern Finland has spent countless winter nights among the snowy fields and frozen lakes around his village, in pursuit of one of the most ephemeral mysteries of the heavens.

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission's Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph reveals "rapid cloud formation" on the Red Planet. The imagery was captured on July 9-10, 2016 and has been looped several times here.

The Kennedy Space Center director vows to rebuild the retreat that astronauts used to say good-bye to their spouses, partners and close friends before leaving Earth.

NASA's Juno Jupiter probe won't be settling into its final orbit around the giant planet this week after all.

Orbital ATK's Antares rocket is currently on track for tonight's launch to the International Space Station. The rocket is slated to take off at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT) from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.

As space scientists get better at predicting global dust storms on Mars, can future Martian explorers expect an accurate forecast of the Red Planet's weather patterns?

On October 19, 2016, the Schiaparelli entry, descent, and landing demonstrator will attempt to touch down on Mars' Meridiani Planum. If all goes according to plan, it should take the module about 6 minutes to land from the time it enters the Martian