Новости за 08.12.2016

The methane-detecting instrument aboard the ISRO MOM spacecraft has been re-purposed after NASA scientists uncovered a design flaw.

As the 114th Congress winds to a close, several space-related bills seeking passage, including a NASA authorization bill, are in danger of running out of time.

Space.com took a tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and got a glimpse of mission control and the spacecraft assembly facility.

The world's most powerful radio observatory has spied on the fluffy microscopic dust particles that will go on to form the building blocks of planets around a young star.

Space.com contributor Nola Taylor Redd recently took a tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Here are some photos of this high-tech space facility.

Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos announced yesterday (Dec. 6) that construction is underway on a new rocket manufacturing facility for the private spaceflight company Blue Origin.

The first crewed flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft may fly a shorter mission than previously considered, with only a loop around the moon rather than an extended stay there.

The robotic H-II Transfer Vehicle-6 is scheduled to launch Friday at 8:26 a.m. EST (1326 GMT) from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. You can watch the liftoff live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV, beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST.

Former NASA astronaut and U.S. senator John Glenn passed away today (Dec. 8). Here's how the internet reacted.

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the planet Earth. He went on to become a United States senator and flew to space again on the Space Shuttle STS-95 mission.

See historical photos of John Glenn, one of NASA's original seven astronauts.

A gallery of highlights from the career of John H. Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth.

"As our knowledge of our Universe, may god grant us the wisdom and guidance to use it wisely," were words spoken by former NASA astronaut and senator at the ceremony in which he received the honor in Nov. 2011.

John Glenn, one of NASA's first seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, has died. He was 95.

When astrophotographer Jeff Dai set out to see the stars shining over giant Himalayan glaciers, he stumbled upon a scene that looked more like an alien planet than an earthly landscape.

The outflow channel is ~373 miles long (600 km) and about 1.2 miles deep 2 km). The indicators of liquid water in the past have made this area a landing site candidate for the ExoMars 2020 mission.

The OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS) includes a reflecting telescope, a medium range color camera, and a wide-angle camera. The NASA mission is currently en route to the asteroid after its September 2016 launch.