 | | Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version | | | | The shuttering of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has now sparked congressional representatives to act. A letter from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, demands that NASA must stop closing Goddard down immediately. We'll continue to keep you posted on the story as it develops so keep looking at our website for updates. Other headlines for today include the second attempt of NASA's ESCAPADE mission, launched by Blue Origin, which will head for Mars, 'Alien: Earth' has been renewed for season 2 and the infamous Pleiades star cluster may be much much bigger than we thought. We have all that and more for your daily read. Keep looking up, Kenna Content Manager, Space.com | | | A congressional letter is putting NASA on blast. | | | Liftoff of the ESCAPADE mission is now scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 2:50 p.m. EST (1950 GMT). | | | Space quiz! Before ESCAPADE, what was NASA's last mission to Mars? | | | | We put the Kenko VC Smart Cellarto 10x30 WP through their paces to find out if these image-stabilized smart binoculars live up to their name. | | | | Vivid auroras lit up skies across North America and Europe as a severe G4 geomagnetic storm, one of the strongest this solar cycle, rattled Earth's magnetic field. | | | Mars and Mercury will appear close to one another in the southwestern sky on Nov. 12. | | | | "The successful completion of this test marks another significant step toward qualifying the parachute system for human spaceflight." | | | | "This study changes how we see the Pleiades - not just seven bright stars, but thousands of long-lost siblings scattered across the whole sky." | | | "These observations could lead to a better understanding of what happens on Mars today." | | | | After a tense wait, it's finally been confirmed that Alien: Earth will return to our TV screens with more horrors in season 2. | | | The name's Villeneuve… Denis Villeneuve. As the acclaimed director takes the helm for the next James Bond movie, we're looking back at all his epic sci-fi movies to date. | | | | On Nov. 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae landed on Comet 67P. | | | This breathtaking view of the night sky shows the growing challenge that satellites pose to ground-based astronomy | | | | Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. | |  | | | | | | | Future US LLC © | | Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036 | | | | |
