After his return from nearly a year in space, NASA astronaut...
Microsoft’s HoloLens headset wins rave review from astronaut Scott Kelly after year in space
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Space science: Cosmic rays beyond the knees
The development of a radio technique for detecting cosmic rays casts fresh light on the origins of some of these accelerated particles, and suggests that they might have travelled much farther than was previously thought. See Letter p.70
Nature 531 43 doi: 10.1038/531043a
Liveblog: Scott Kelly comes home from space tonight after nearly a year
After 340 days in space Scott Kelly is ready to come home and jump in his pool. (credit: NASA)
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Tonight, after 340 days in space, seasoned astronaut Scott Kelly will fly home from orbit inside a Soyuz spacecraft.
By all accounts, Kelly has had a sterling turn of work aboard the station during the last 11-plus...
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly heads back down to Earth after a year in space
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly: I could spend another year in space, but I’m ready to come home
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is getting ready to come home after spending a longer stretch in orbit than any other American...
HoloLens in space: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly dons Microsoft’s holographic headset
Microsoft this morning posted an initial picture of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly...
With its mirror complete, giant space telescope on track for 2018 launch
This week the James Webb Space Telescope team used a robotic am to install the last of the telescope's 18 mirrors onto the telescope structure. (credit: NASA)
After years of delays and cost overruns, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally coming together. This week the 18th and final primary mirror segment of the telescope was...
I am weirdly excited about this new Seth Rogen space comedy
Seth Rogen demonstrates his Kylo Ren lightsaber joint.
Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, and Zach Galifianakis are set to star in a new astronaut movie called The Something, and I'm unreasonably excited about it.
I say "unreasonably" because the movie is written and directed by Rodney Rothman, who wrote 22 Jump Street and Grudge Match, a decidedly mixed bag when it...
SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four or five years, and organize the first flights to Mars by 2025. Musk’s travel timetable came out...
NASA’s backing fuels more interest in Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser space plane
NASA’s decision to use Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser mini-shuttle to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station marks the most positive development to date for a space program that’s been a decade in the...