Both nations have signed a letter of intent to build a “complex of facilities for experimental research on the surface and/or orbit of the moon,” announced the Russian space agency Roskosmos Tuesday, adding that the program that the program be open to “all interested states and international partners.” By Milan Sime Martinic Read more
About Earth’s New Little Moon After putting in its time, an asteroid called “Asteroid 2016 HO3” has now been confirmed by NASA to be a permanent resident in the Earth’s gravitational field. The asteroid was discovered earlier this year by University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy, but it has been a “stable quasi-satellite” for almost … Read more
This javascript-based visual representation of the Earth spinning in space was developed and shared on the website CodePen by programmer Eric J Nesser. Holding down the mouse left-click button while scrolling will zoom or change the viewing angle of the representation of the Earth. See the Pen Earth WebGL Demo by Eric J Nesser (@enesser) on CodePen. Read more
From the International Space Station’s 400 km perch, astronauts like New Jerseyite Scott Kelly have been taking impressive photos of the world over the past almost two decades of the ISS’s use. Kelly, the current Commander of the Year Long Mission aboard the ISS, has been tweeting his photos to his followers for the duration. … Read more
This collection of photographs was taken by the cameras of the International Space Station from it’s orbit at 319 nautical kilometers (172 miles) from the Earth’s surface. Can you guess what some of these cities are, or even the countries they belong to? We’ll make it more interesting: This first set of cities are all from … Read more