COLORADO SPRINGS — Astrobotic’s next lunar mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth’s closest neighbor. The Pittsburgh-based company plans to launch the Griffin lunar lander’s first mission atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year. Griffin’s primary mission is to deliver NASA’s ice-chasing VIPER rover to the Moon’s south polar region,… Read More »
Getty Images Allegation: An actual photo taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Evaluation: Rating: Wrongly written Context: The photo is real but not taken by JWST or in 2024. Perhaps the best part, other than seeing the total solar eclipse in person in real time,… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. As the Beatles famously sang, here comes the sun. On Monday, a total solar eclipse will grace the skies over Mexico, the United States and Canada as the moon hides… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. As the Beatles famously sang, here comes the sun. On Monday, a total solar eclipse will grace the skies over Mexico, the United States and Canada as the moon hides… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University. He is the author of the book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” CNN’s Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Douglas Brinkley Katherine Tsanoff Brown is Chair of the Humanities Department and Professor of History at Rice University. She is the author of the book “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.” CNN’s Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will premiere on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration by keeping astronauts connected to space with a reusable and relatively inexpensive… Read More »
If you’re planning to see the epic total solar eclipse that will dance across North American skies on Monday, you should aim to travel as close to the center of the celestial show’s path as possible. The new map calculations have raised some concerns that the path of totality, where it is possible to see… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will premiere on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. At its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration by keeping astronauts connected to space with a reusable and relatively inexpensive… Read More »