Новости за 13.01.2017

Rumors began circulating in December that two leaders in the small satellite Earth imaging field were on the brink of deal, when employees of Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Terra Bella began visiting the offices of San Francisco-based Planet.

One of the teams vying to win a $30 million race to the moon has locked up all the funding needed for its maiden lunar mission, team members said.

NASA is delaying contracts and other awards planned for its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) early this year by a few months, citing uncertainty about the agency’s budget.

Visitors to NASA's Kennedy Space Center can now take home the retired space shuttle Atlantis, the International Space Station and the entire solar system as souvenirs — all via a virtual reality (VR) headset and app-driven experience.

The new season premieres on February 1st, 2017 on the Syfy Channel.

A look at the instruments on the Chilean mountainside from a brand new vantage point.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is capturing spectacular photos of Earth and space from the International Space Station. Check out his truly amazing photography here.

As NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft begins its final eight months of operation, scientists are looking back at one of the mission's most dramatic moments: the landing of the piggyback Huygens probe on the huge moon Titan.

Two Expedition 50 astronauts will head outside the International Space Station (ISS) today for the second spacewalk this month to wrap up a power upgrade.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover arrived at the Red Planet in 2012, carrying a special embellishment: a plaque with signatures from the country's top officials, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Grounded since September, Elon Musk's private spaceflight company is aiming to launch 10 communications satellites into orbit from California on Saturday morning.

A NASA safety board recommended in its annual report that the agency closely study the safety issues associated with SpaceX’s fueling plans for Falcon 9 commercial crew missions.

Advice from former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly might have helped Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers perfect his Hail Mary technique.

"Star Trek Timelines" turns one year old on Jan. 14 — and its developer is celebrating this weekend with a special in-game event and announcements of a new player-versus-player mode.

Two astronauts embarked on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) today to complete an upgrade to the station's power supply. The spacewalkers breezed through all their objectives and knocked out several "get-ahead" tasks.

For people in or near the U.S., the biggest astronomical event for 2017 will be the Great American Total Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, but there are many more spectacular astro-events to watch out for this year.

Two astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station today to complete the installation of six new lithium-ion batteries.

An amateur photographer captured brilliant images of light pillars in northern Ontario, revealing the beauty of these shafts of light reflecting off ice crystals.

NASA satellites spied a so-called atmospheric river passing over the state.

The B612 Foundation reacts to NASA's decision not to fully fund a hazardous asteroid-hunting mission, urging the next administration to pick an infrared space telescope that would seek out near-Earth asteroid threats.