SpaceX launches mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft climbs away from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Saturday atop a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA/Keegan…
Bird flu is spreading rapidly in California; infected herds double over weekend
Enlarge / Cows being milked in Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. Getty | Matthew Ludak The H5N1 bird flu appears to be stampeding…
Vaporizing plastics recycles them into nothing but gas
Enlarge Derek Berwin Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are…
A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challenges
Enlarge / Rendering of an individual crew quarter within the Axiom habitat module. Axiom Space Axiom Space is facing significant financial headwinds as…
Bizarre, nine-day seismic signal caused by epic landslide in Greenland
Enlarge Jason Edwards via Getty Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We…
Navy captains don’t like abandoning ship—but with Starliner, the ship left them
Enlarge / NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave to their families, friends, and NASA officials on their way to the launch…
NASA will proceed with final preps to launch Europa Clipper next month
Enlarge / The main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is reflected in one of the mission’s deployable solar array wings during testing…
The Golden Age of offbeat Arctic research
Enlarge / At the US Army’s Camp Century on the Greenland ice sheet, an Army truck equipped with a railroad wheel conversion rides…
Americans misunderstand their contribution to deteriorating environment
Enlarge / Power lines are cast in silhouette as the Creek Fire creeps up on on the Shaver Springs community off of Tollhouse…
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 lifts its 7,000th Starlink; ABL cuts deep
Enlarge / The second stage of the New Glenn rocket rolls to the launch pad on Tuesday. Blue Origin Welcome to Edition 7.10…
The Vega rocket never found its commercial niche. After tonight, it’s gone.
Enlarge / The final Vega rocket climbs away from its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin The final…