How to watch tonight's peak of the Geminids meteor shower
Watch the cosmos come to life as Geminids meteors speed through space at 78,000 miles per hour – more than 40 times faster than a speeding bullet.
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Watch the cosmos come to life as Geminids meteors speed through space at 78,000 miles per hour – more than 40 times faster than a speeding bullet.
The Orion spacecraft sent back some amazing pictures from its 25-day, 1.4-million-mile journey around the moon.
The successful return to Earth marks a major milestone in NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.
Tokyo-based ispace's Hakuto-R, the first privately developed moon lander, is carrying small UAE and Japanese rovers to the lunar surface.
OneWeb's manager had high praise for SpaceX, the builder of its own space-based internet constellation.
"Dec. 7 brings one of those magical moments when the sky changes dramatically before your very eyes," NASA said.
A final major engine firing went off without a hitch to put the Orion capsule on course for Sunday re-entry and splashdown.
Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio float outside the space station to install the third of six new roll-out solar blankets.
The Shenzhou 15 crew will take over from three fellow space station fliers as China establishes a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit.
Managers say the unpiloted Orion spacecraft is "operating just tremendously well" halfway through its planned 25-day mission.
The Cargo Dragon is loaded with 7,700 pounds of equipment and supplies, including two new solar array panels.
After a spectacular lunar flyby, the Orion capsule is headed toward a distant orbit around the moon.
"We're going to be sending people down to the surface and they're going to be living on that surface and doing science," NASA official Howard Hu said.
A critical rocket firing on the back side of the moon sent the Orion capsule toward a distant orbit for extended tests.
The first-of-its-kind vibrant map allows you to scroll through 200,000 galaxies dating back 12.5 billion years.