When you look up at the night sky from your backyard, you might spot a few stars if you’re lucky. But father-of-three James Flanagan wanted a better view and pointed his telescope “in the middle of the road” into space to get a closer look. He has since seen a lunar mountain range, the dusty …
The moon made the ultimate photobomb this week when it moved past the sun and blocked the blazing surface with a dark silhouette under the gaze of a satellite. The GOES solar observation satellite and its SUVI (Solar Ultraviolet Imager) instrument captured the cosmic spectacle while observing the sun’s hot outer atmosphere, or corona. The …
Six days after NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched to the moon, the gumball-shaped capsule reached its destination on Monday. Soaring 81 miles above the lunar surface, the spacecraft passed over historic Tranquility Base – the site of the Apollo 11 moon landing – and into the history books. Capturing views of Earth and the Moon, the …
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