NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space…
Operation Space Clean Up: Researchers Develop Novel Garbage Collection Methods
September 22, 2022
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Australian researchers have set their sights on cleaning up the outer space junkyard orbiting Earth to avoid a chain reaction of self-sustaining debris collisions, using lasers and artificial intelligence technology. Space debris expert Don Kessler, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was reported by The Age, as the first to notice that space is…
LIVE 3 PM ET: NASA Holds Press Briefing on Planetary Defense Test
NASA holds a briefing ahead of testing its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a mission to demonstrate the world’s first planetary defense system designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media:…
Neptune and Rings Shine in Photos From New Space Telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Neptune and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades. NASA released new glamour shots of our solar system’s outermost planet Wednesday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune’s thin rings, but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well…
NASA Tries Fueling Moon Rocket in Test, but Leak Reoccurs
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket sprouted another fuel leak Wednesday as engineers tested the plumbing ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week. The daylong demo had barely begun when hazardous hydrogen fuel began escaping at the same place and same time as before, despite new seals and other repairs. Engineers halted…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit to Lift-Off From Small Regional Australian Airport
September 20, 2022
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Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit could soon be launching satellites from a small regional airport in Queensland after signing off a deal to develop its third location globally. Founded in 2017, the company deploys Boeing 747s to carry rockets into the upper reaches of the atmosphere before firing them into space. The New York-listed Virgin…
Space-Out Competition Draws South Koreans Ready to Zone Out
Around 50 people took part in a South Korean contest to be named the best person at doing nothing. The annual Space-out competition in Seoul on Sunday drew participants dressed to rest and impress, including some in pajamas and police uniforms. Some brought their favorite relaxation equipment, including a camping chair and a rocking horse….
NASA Mars Lander Captures Strikes by 4 Incoming Space Rocks
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet’s surface. Scientists reported Monday that Mars InSight detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts in 2020 and 2021. A satellite orbiting the red planet confirmed the impact locations, as far as 180 miles…
Valery Polyakov, Who Took Longest Single Trip to Space, Dies
MOSCOW—Valery Polyakov, the Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at age 80, Russia’s space agency announced Monday. Polyakov’s record of 437 days in space began Jan. 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off on a two-day flight to the Soviet space station Mir. While…
Assignment: Outer Space (AKA Space-Men) (1960)
September 16, 2022
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Space-Men (released in the USA as Assignment: Outer Space) is a 1960 science fiction film starring Rik Van Nutter and directed by Antonio Margheriti. It follows an assignment by Interplanetary News reporter Ray Peterson aboard a space station in the 21st century. Despite problems with the base commander, he is eventually responsible for stopping a…
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