News Archive / Tagged: space

• Juno spacecraft snaps stunning image of Jovian swirls

  Jim SharkeyOctober 10th, 2018

  Juno has discovered stunning patterns in Jupiter's cloud tops - as well as some unusual and hard to find features.

• Cassini data reveals another feature that suggests Titan is similar to Earth

  Laurel KornfeldSeptember 25th, 2018

  Is Titan similar to Earth? New data from the Cassini orbiter suggests it is.

• Insider Live: Northrop Grumman’s GEM 63 first test fire

  Jason RhianSeptember 19th, 2018

  Want to see exclusive live video of a GEM 63 rocket motor being tested? Only SpaceFlight Insider brings you live coverage from the test site in Utah. Tune in at 12:30 p.m. MDT / 2:30 p.m. EDT.

• Gallery: ICESat-2 closes Delta II era with another success

  Matthew KuhnsSeptember 15th, 2018

  The last flight of a ULA Delta II rocket was carried out on Saturday, Sept. 15 from Vandenberg Air Force base in California. As was the case so many times in the past - its final mission was a success.

• Ultrahot Jupiters destroy water

  Jim SharkeyAugust 15th, 2018

  "Ultrahot Jupiters" are a class of incredibly hot giant exoplanets that orbit their star more closely than Mercury orbits the Sun. These worlds, such as Wasp-121b, are tidally locked, meaning one side of the planet permanently faces its star. But what separates this world from others?

• Video: The hits keep coming from SpaceX

  Jason RhianAugust 7th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another week, another launch. That is what it is getting to be like for SpaceX. On Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018 the NewSpace company once more carried out a flight of its highly-successful Falcon 9 rocket.