NASA and Russia will keep launching each other's astronauts to ISS until 2025: report

NASA & Russia to keep launching each other's astronauts | Space Quiz! Is a day on Mars longer or shorter than a day on Earth? | 2024's 1st meteor shower blazes over North America Jan. 3 Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version January 2, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad NASA & Russia to keep launching each other's astronauts (NASA) Roscosmos announced both it and NASA will continue the International Space Station launches with each other's crew members through at least 2025, "to maintain the reliability of the ISS as a whole," according to multiple reports including the Moscow Times. Full Story: Space (1/2)  Space Quiz! Is a day on Mars longer or shorter than a day on Earth? Learn the answer here! Longer Shorter the same 2024's 1st meteor shower blazes over North America Jan. 3 (Brian Emfinger) Up to 120 shooting stars per hour could be visible during a brief peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower - the year's first meteor shower, coming to North America Jan. 3 and 4. Full Story: Space (1/1)  Skywatching Solar eclipse April 2024: 10 cities in the path of totality (John Coletti via Getty Images) It may occur only from within a path 115 miles (185 kilometers) wide and 10,000 miles (16,000 km) long, but the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be one of the most urban eclipses for decades. Full Story: Space (1/1)  Spaceflight Artemis 2 moon astronaut says his 1st launch will feel epic (Josh Dinner) "You can imagine what it's really going to be like to come up to the launch pad and have this living, breathing rocket full of fuel, moaning and groaning and creaking," Hansen said, reflecting on a launch day exercise his crew did on the mobile launch tower at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in September. Full Story: Space (1/1)  Science & Astronomy Earth's intense gravity may rip space rocks apart (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Earth and other terrestrial planets probably use their gravitational forces to tear apart asteroids - but this creates more streams of smaller asteroids. Full Story: Space (1/1)  SpaceX SpaceX test fires giant Starship booster for 3rd test flight (SpaceX) The dual test of engines on the giant Starship and Super Heavy rocket stages at SpaceX's Starbase proving ground in Boca Chica, Texas on Friday comes as the company prepares for its third Starship launch test, which is expected in early 2024. Full Story: Space (12/30)  Search for Life NASA's Curiosity rover films from dawn to dusk on Mars (NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA's Mars rover Curiosity had some downtime during November. But rather than resting on its laurels, the robot filmed stunning footage of dawn to dusk on Earth's neighboring planet. Full Story: Space (12/30)  Entertainment 'For All Mankind' s4 e8 review: Mars prepares for the heist (Apple TV+) When Helios boss Dev Ayesa (Edi Gathegi) announced last week that he planned to steal an asteroid, it conjured up images of the sort of interstellar-action you'd usually associate with "Star Wars" or "Star Trek." This is "For All Mankind", however, and -- even though this season has considerably upped the sci-fi quotient on its more grounded predecessors -- his audacious plan has at least one foot in reality (and astrophysics). Full Story: Space (12/30)  Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036