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How Do Spacecraft Orbit Earth? Angular Momentum Explained By NASA
How is it possible for the ISS to stay in orbit? Learn more about the science behind orbiting Earth and more in this NASA "STEMonstrations" video.
Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center
Animation Of Japan's SLIM Lunar Lander To Moon
JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ".
Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer.
Credit: JAXA
Asteroid Impact Aftermath Time-Lapse - NASA DART
See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was impacted by NASA DART mission.
Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jian-Yang Li (PSI)
VIDEO: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music: Shifting Angles by Experia / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
OTD In Space – May 3: Delta Rocket Fails To Launch GOES-G Weather Satellite
On May 3, 1986, NASA attempted to launch a new weather satellite called GOES-G for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but the rocket malfunctioned in mid-air.
About a minute after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, lightning struck the Delta rocket and created a short circuit. This caused the rocket's main engine to shut down prematurely. It started tumbling around in the sky with some of its strap-on boosters still firing. NASA sent the rocket a command to self-destruct, and it exploded above the Atlantic Ocean. They did this to minimize the dangers of having the entire rocket crash back down to Earth. This launch failure was especially disheartening for NASA, because it was the first launch since the Challenger disaster three months earlier. Investigators found that this Delta rocket had a lot of problems that were known before the launch, especially with the wiring. After the accident, launch companies across the country changed the way they wired their rockets' electronics.
Mars-Like Conditions On Earth Used To Test Instruments' Life-Detecting Potential
Instruments like the those currently on the Red Planet were used to study samples collected from an 'Mars-like' area in Chile's Atacama Desert. Researchers found that the instruments have little chance of detecting whether life existed on ancient Mars.
Credit: Space.com | Footage courtesy: Yasuhito Sekine & Armando Azua-Bustos / ESA/DLR/FU-Berlin | edited by Steve Spaleta
Music: Clearer Views by From Now On / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Gravitational Waves Create A 'Cosmic Symphony' That Scientists Are Tuning Into
Scientists are using pulsars to detect the gravitational wave 'hum' created from supermassive black hole mergers.
Credit: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Relive Virgin Galactic's Suborbital Flight - See What It Was Like For The Passengers
Experience Virgin Galactic Unity's Galactic 02 flight with these amazing views from inside and out of suborbital space plane VSS Unity.
Passengers: Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers.
Crew: Commander C.J. Sturckow, pilot Kelly Latimer and Chief Astronaut Instructor Beth Moses.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Virgin Galactic | edited by Steve Spaleta
Music: Far Far Far by Bonnie Grace / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Boeing's Starliner Integrated To Atlas V Rocket Ahead Of Mission
Boeing's Starliner rolled towards its Atlas V rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
The spacecraft was integrated to the rocket later that day for its first launch with astronauts next month.
Credit: Boeing
China Released Color Images Of Mars Captured By Orbiter
Color images of the Red Planet captured by the Tianwen-1 orbiter have been released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Credit: China Central Television / CNSA / CAS
SpaceX Test-Fires Raptor Engine Into A Water Cooled Steel Plate
Watch SpaceX douse a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's Super Heavy and Starship rockets are powered by 39 total Raptor engines combined.
Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
SpaceX Starship’s 2nd Flight Footage Released Under Freedom Of Information Act By NASA
NASA released views of several angles of SpaceX Starship’s second test flight. The massive rocket launched from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas.
Credit: NASA
Music: The Alabaster Coast by Hanna Lindgren / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
SpaceX CRS-30 Mission To Space Station - Science Payloads Explained
Learn what science payloads are being shipped aboard Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CRS-30 mission.
Credit: NASA
Sun Unleashed Two Big X-Flares As US Suffered Cell Phone Outages
Sunspot AR3590 unleashed X1.8 and X1.7-class solar flares within a few hours of one another. Cell phone outages spiked across the United States around the same time but it is unclear if they are connected to the flares.
Credit: Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams / Helio Viewer | edited by Steve Spaleta
Music: The Ethereal by Ave Air / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
NASA Artemis 2 Moon Rocket's Core Stage Engines Installed In 4K Time-Lapse
Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Footage courtesy: NASA/Evan Deroche/Steven Seipel/Eric Bordelon
Time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music: All Parts Equal by Airae / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Amazing Time-Lapse Of Hurricane Lee From Space
Hurricane Lee time-lapse was captured by the NOAA GOES-East satellite from from space.
Features the song Broken Glass from Logan Spaleta
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: CIRA/NOAA
NASA Explains How Do Glaciers Melt
Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
OTD In Space – May 3: Delta Rocket Fails To Launch GOES-G Weather Satellite
On May 3, 1986, NASA attempted to launch a new weather satellite called GOES-G for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, but the rocket malfunctioned in mid-air.
About a minute after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral, lightning struck the Delta rocket and created a short circuit. This caused the rocket's main engine to shut down prematurely. It started tumbling around in the sky with some of its strap-on boosters still firing. NASA sent the rocket a command to self-destruct, and it exploded above the Atlantic Ocean. They did this to minimize the dangers of having the entire rocket crash back down to Earth. This launch failure was especially disheartening for NASA, because it was the first launch since the Challenger disaster three months earlier. Investigators found that this Delta rocket had a lot of problems that were known before the launch, especially with the wiring. After the accident, launch companies across the country changed the way they wired their rockets' electronics.
Watch This 4K Footage Of A Big Filament Eruption On Sun Triggering A Long Duration Flare
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a magnetic filament erupting on the Sun. The filament was "connected to sunspot AR3229" triggered a long duration M3-class flare and resulting coronal mass ejection had 'Earth-directed components," according to Space Weather.
Credit: NASA/SDO/Helioviewer| edited by Steve Spaleta
Music: Far Far Far by Bonnie Grace / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Gravitational Waves Create A 'Cosmic Symphony' That Scientists Are Tuning Into
Scientists are using pulsars to detect the gravitational wave 'hum' created from supermassive black hole mergers.
Credit: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Animation Of Japan's SLIM Lunar Lander To Moon
JAXA small lunar landing demonstrator "SLIM ".
Watch how it travels to the moon's surface in this animated explainer.
Credit: JAXA