Новости за 27.01.2017

The "Kounotori" H-II Transfer Vehicle was released from the Interational Space Stations robotic arm on Jan. 27th, 2017. It will deorbit in early February and burn up over the Pacific Ocean.

Using a “space-proof” camera mounted on the chest of his spacesuit, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured video of a January 13, 2017 spacewalk. Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough completed a power upgrade for the International Space Stat

Half a century after a fire claimed the lives of three of its astronauts, NASA has placed on display the hatches from the flame-damaged Apollo 1 command module, marking the first time any artifact from the capsule has been on public view.

H-II Transfer Vehicle 6 (HTV-6) is carrying the The Kounotori Integrated Tether Experiment (KITE), which will be demonstrated in the days before the cargo spacecraft is deorbited.

The fmr. NASA administrator strung together a long set of achievements in his 7 years of leading the space agency. LeVar Burton narrates this look at his career.

This time of year is always a somber one for NASA as the space agency remembers the astronauts who died in three horrific spaceflight disasters. Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first major disaster for the U.S. space program: the Apollo 1 fire.

The Japanese PROCYON spacecraft may have gotten stuck in orbit after launch, but it's been able to do some impressive observations of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from afar.

China is working to launch a sample-return mission to the moon before the end of 2017.

Should a comet be detected on a collision course with Earth, we'd have very little time to prepare, but our stockpile of nuclear warheads could be repurposed as insurance against this existential threat.

Another long-term space simulation is underway at the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, where six crewmembers entered a small, isolated dome one week ago (Jan. 19) as a part of the HI-SEAS mission.

A Japanese cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station today (Jan. 27) and will spend the next week doing a science experiment in orbit before burning up in Earth's atmosphere on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 5).

Are you ready for some space football? NASA and spaceflight companies have a major presence at a nine-day festival in Houston that will lead up to the 2017 Super Bowl.

If high altitude balloons find basic microorganisms in the stratosphere and mesosphere, it could have serious implications for the hunt for extraterrestrial life in the atmospheres of other worlds.

Hot gas giant planets that orbit close to their stars could grow larger as they age, thanks to radiation from the star, a new study suggests.

Today (Jan. 27) is a sad day for NASA, marking the 50th anniversary of when a flash fire occurred during a launch-pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle, which was being prepared for its first piloted flight.

Your favorite mobile astronomy app can help you find the wonders of the Orion constellation and see what they look like — even if you don't own a telescope.