SpaceX double vision: These photos show two Falcon 9 rockets on their pads for back-to-back launches

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets stand ready to launch different missions from their Florida launch pads. At right is a Falcon 9 carrying 49 Starlink internet satellites atop NASA’s Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. At left, a different Falcon 9 with the Italian Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite stands atop a pad at … Read more

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission explained in photos

(Image credit: NASA via collectSPACE.com) While Artemis 1 will be uncrewed, it plans to carry several mannequin-type devices to test out how the lunar environment will affect humans.  One example is “Commander Moonikin Campos,” named after Apollo 13 engineer Arturo Campos in a NASA contest. Campos will fly in the commander’s seat and wear an … Read more

In photos: Michael Strahan’s launch into space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard

Liftoff of NS-19 on Dec. 11, 2021. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin’s third crewed spaceflight brought a full complement of people into space on New Shepard for the first time, starring “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan. On Dec. 11, 2021, a 10-minute flight successfully launched and landed from Blue Origin’s facilities near Van … Read more

Astronaut spots clouds from Tonga volcano eruption from space (photos)

Astronauts on the International Space Station captured the aftermath of the massive volcanic eruption that tore up a small island in the Pacific Ocean and sent tons of ash into the atmosphere on Saturday (Jan. 15). Several weather satellites captured the eruption as it happened, revealing the massive cloud resembling a nuclear explosion that engulfed … Read more

Mesmerising photos reveal the microscopic beauty of plankton

By Gege Li A larva of a polychaete worm Jan van IJken Photographer Jan van IJken THESE mesmerising shots reveal the microscopic beauty of plankton – and their predators. They are part of a film and photo project called Planktonium by photographer Jan van IJken, who captured this diverse array of species in various Dutch … Read more

In photos: The Christmas launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

(Image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn) But first, James Webb Space Telescope had to leave Earth behind and to do that, it had to get to its launch site.  Here is the cargo ship carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope that arrived in French Guiana on Oct. 12, 2021, after a 16-day sea voyage. The space telescope … Read more

5 Out-of-This-World Telescope Photos of Space to Get You Excited For The JWST Launch

The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to reflect on what previous generations of telescopes have shown us.   Astronomers rarely use their telescopes to simply take pictures. The pictures in astrophysics are usually generated by a process of scientific inference and … Read more

Best cameras for photos and videos

A truth, universally acknowledged, is that someone in possession of the need to take photographs must be in want of one of the best cameras. But which camera? There are so many on the market, each described by marketers as the pinnacle of human achievement, that it can be confusing, and hard to decide between … Read more

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope secured atop rocket ahead of Dec. 24 launch (photos)

NASA’s next big space telescope just took another step toward its highly anticipated launch this month. On Saturday (Dec. 11), the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope was secured atop the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket that will send it into the final frontier from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.  “After its arrival in the final … Read more