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(video) Kīlauea — Recent Change in Vent Configuration (Jan 18, 2021). This video shows the two main vents active at the western fissure in...

We can only speculate about the existence of life outside the solar system. Unfortunately, all our information is mostly theoretical, because the...

The Falcon 9's upper stage has delivered the 60 Starlink satellites to a preliminary parking orbit. The second stage's Merlin engine will reignite at...

They have now launched Tiantong 1-03 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202101/20/WS60078d62a31024ad0baa3d05.html

I am not sure if that is remotely the real policy, but it is the result. Call centers are petri dishes. People sitting on top of each other,...

On Asteroid Retrieval Missions Enabled by Invariant Manifold Dynamics. In recent years, the retrieval of entire asteroids has received...

Halted rocket test could stall NASA moon shot, redo possible. NASA is considering a second firing of its moon rocket engines after a critical test...

Biden’s Defense nominee embraces view of space as a domain of war. Austin: “If confirmed, I will ensure the space domain is carefully considered...

Back to Venus armed with laboratory findings. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have now...

We are continuing to watch Travelers on Netflix. Aside from some deeply concerning ethics, I find myself wondering: clearly they can send material...

Have moved it to Small Rocket launches as only the 747 is reusable...

A lot of these people were living in India which had a big 'late' surge in some cities. Many others were in the UK which has had it pretty tough....

The device also has a Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) all-metal shock charge, which consists of a copper projectile and an explosive charge to form a...

Wow, that's a great policy! My sister works a US federal job, and they actually had to send an inspector over to the house to make sure she has...

According to the image, almost two-thirds of all flights to Mars were unsuccessful. Even if it is possible to put the spacecraft on the correct...

Falcon 9 Block 5 — Turksat 5A was already launched on the 8th of January, LauncherOne — ELaNa XX - January 17, and Electron — OHB Cosmos on January...

I'm sort of surprised. The danger of taking an international flight and stuff might outweigh the danger of staying put even in a place with lots of...

https://forum.cosmoquest.org/showthread.php?166169-Small-Rocket-Launches&p=2528632#post2528632 ...

The 4th launch in January as well as the 4th launch this year is by New Zealand. ...

The 3rd launch in January as well as the 3rd launch this year is by China. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/01/china-tiantong-1-long-march-3b/...

I haven't read any of the 'Vera' books but last month I read my first one of her works - a 'Shetland' one with Jimmy Perez. I certainly did find that...

The whining has been pretty much treated with the derision it deserves. The majority of the players have been fine and some of the the 'whiners' have...

Oh! I wasn’t commenting on grammar, it was quoted and worked well enough. Besides, I rarely comment on grammar or spelling in posts anyway unless...

There that missing verb again. (Fixed it in my post.) I keep doing that. They provide computers, software, internet services and now cameras. The...

“what kind of computer you need”? They are supplying computers? At my job, pre-COVID-19, we had a telecommute policy for a while, but management...

I love the giant red off paddle.

I just found out that my new place of employment has about 400 of 600 staff working from home. I had no idea. Apparently the form to request work...

"China invites netizens to vote on name for Mars rover" Unfortunately they do not provide the link. ...