Cygnus cargo ship attached to space station after smooth rendezvous
Along with crew supplies, spare parts and science gear, the Cygnus cargo ship brought ice cream and other treats to the lab's crew.
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Along with crew supplies, spare parts and science gear, the Cygnus cargo ship brought ice cream and other treats to the lab's crew.
Northrop Grumman's 20th space station cargo mission is delivering 8,200 pounds of needed crew supplies and equipment.
The new images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are "mind-blowing even for researchers who have studied these same galaxies for decades," one scientist said.
The Japanese space agency said limited science operations had resumed after the SLIM lunar lander tipped over and lost power as it was touching down.
Four paying customers and two pilots soared out of the discernible atmosphere in a sub-orbital up-and-down trip to space.
Living long past its design lifetime, the Ingenuity helicopter was finally done in by rotor damage during a presumed off-kilter landing.
Japan's SLIM lunar lander tipped over on touchdown, but still captured imagery of the moon while demonstrating high-precision landing technology.
January's first full moon, known as the Wolf Moon, will appear full for around three days, according to NASA.
The "fireball" — or shooting star — disintegrated while hurdling toward the ground about 30 miles west of Berlin early Sunday morning, experts said.
A record eight nations are currently represented aboard the International Space Station.
Japan's innovative "SLIM" moon lander safely touched down, but appeared to be doomed by a post-landing power loss.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with a four-man crew that will spend two weeks aboard the International Space Station to carry out more than 30 experiments.
A one-day launch delay will give SpaceX engineers time to complete final reviews of pre-launch processing.
The flight marks the third commercial space station visit funded by Houston-based Axiom Space, and the first with an all-European crew.
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