Oct 31 Virgin’s commercial spaceship crashes during test flight By Ruth Tam https://twitter.com/corybe/status/528256432173768704/photo/1 A test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo ended when an in-flight failure occurred on Friday and the aircraft exploded mid-air. The California Highway patrol reported one fatality and one major injury from the accident. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch Oozy lava and solar cannonballs: Here are two hot spots we can’t extinguish By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Rocket explosion raises questions about commercial space travel safety By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Tracking killer comets before they strike By PBS News Hour It's only a matter of time before a big comet or asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. Will scientists discover it, and be able to do something about it, ahead of time? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Indians beam with pride over successful — and cheap — Mars mission – Part 1 By PBS News Hour India has joined the U.S., the former Soviet Union and the European Union as one of the elite few to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars, on its first try and for only $75 million -- a fraction of the… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch India’s low-budget space program may offer lesson for U.S. – Part 2 By PBS News Hour India’s successful first mission to Mars is a major accomplishment for that nation, in both scientific and budgetary terms. To understand the historic feat, India’s space program and where it fits into the American exploration of Mars, science correspondent Miles… Continue watching
Aug 12 NASA’s carbon dioxide imaging mission shows first sign of success By Anna Christiansen A NASA spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has achieved final orbit, producing its first science data this week. Continue reading
Aug 07 Astronomers discover 2.6 million light-year bridge between galaxies By Justin Scuiletti A team of astronomers and students have discovered a stream of hydrogen gas in space that is the largest known to date -- and dwarfs our own galaxy in comparison. Continue reading
Aug 06 Rosetta spacecraft’s first images of comet By Larisa Epatko After a 10-year, 4-billion-mile journey, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe reached its final destination on Wednesday: comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Continue reading
Jul 31 Why the moon hits your eye like a big … lemon? By Justin Scuiletti Scientists have finally made lemonade out of the origins of our lemon-shaped moon. While the moon may look, to quote crooner Dean Martin, like a big pizza pie -- the real shape is a bit more similar to a lemon. Continue reading