Новости за 01.05.2017

The last member of the first group of space shuttle astronauts to still work for NASA has retired after three decades of service. Anna Fisher, selected in 1978 among the first six U.S. women astronauts, left NASA to spend more time with her family.

On May 1, 2017, the private spaceflight company launched the NROL-76 satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Cameras on the ground and rocket captured footage of the Falcon 9 launch, 1st stage re-entry and landing.

Despite proposals by President Trump to drastically slash science budgets, the fiscal year 2017 budget provides funding at roughly the same levels as the prior year.

On Monday, May 1, the private spaceflight company SpaceX launched a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. See photos of the NROL-76 launch here.

Mars and Jupiter are the evening planets while Saturn and Venus are visible in the morning. The Virgo constellation is a great target this month. On the night of May 4-5, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks with up to 10 meteors per hour.

Plans for NASA's next large-scale telescope, WFIRST, will undergo an independent review, to avoid future budget overruns and schedule delays, the agency announced Thursday (April 27).

The Earth-Life Science Institute in Japan is a place where scientists are trying to maximize international collaboration in order to figure out how life formed on Earth.

A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (May 1) to boost a classified spy satellite into orbit for the U.S. military, then turned around and touched down at a nearby landing pad.

The Falcon 9 first stage landed on SpaceX’s landing zone 1 in Florida after it launched the National Reconnaissance Office satellite (designated NROL-76).

The National Reconnaissance Office satellite (designated NROL-76) was launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket on May 1, 2017. This is the first military payload launch by SpaceX since it was certified to do so in 2015.

Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo took to the skies over Mojave, California, Monday (May 1) for the first test flight of its the craft's atmospheric re-entry system, which was modified after a fatal test flight in 2014 destroyed the original ship.

You can see Jupiter and its moons earlier in the evening this month. Saturn is best viewed when it's higher in the sky later in the month. Also, find out where and when you can see Mars, Venus and Mercury.

SpaceX launched its first-ever mission for the U.S. Department of Defense today (May 1), and a set of videos and photos document the historic flight in spectacular detail.

What should be depicted on the front of U.S. coins that will commemorate 50 years since of the first moon landing? The United States Mint launched a public design competition to answer that question.

The Orbital ATK attitude control motor will be used to steer the capsule out of harms way if there is an emergency.