Новости за 19.09.2016

Roscosmos has delayed the next scheduled crew launch to the International Space Station for technical reasons, according to a very brief report from the Russian space agency.

The Biomolecule Sequencer experiment aboard the International Space Station tests a DNA sequencing device called MinION. It is a commercially available device that works well on Earth but was never tested in space.

It's A-OK to captivate your child with the story of the tooth fairy, right? Nope, not if it entails telling a big, fat whopper, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson told "The Late Late Show with James Corden" early Thursday morning.

The Harvest Moon and minor penumbral lunar eclipse of Sept. 16 thrilled skywatchers in its visibility zone. The moon was in dazzling form, despite the relatively minor lunar eclipse that accompanied it.

Skywatchers captured spectacular photos of the Harvest Moon, which coincided with a subtle lunar eclipse for viewers in some parts of the world.

A bipartisan NASA authorization bill would require NASA to evaluate alternatives to its Asteroid Redirect Mission and develop a plan to transition activities currently performed on the International Space Station to commercial platforms.

As we push deeper into space, artists and planetary scientists often make these strange new worlds familiar to us, influencing our imagination and boosting our enthusiasm to explore.

"StarTalk" with Neil deGrasse Tyson is back on TV tonight (Sept. 19) to kick off a third season of hilarious and intelligent discussions about science and pop culture.

The solar wind's evolution is finally coming to light, thanks to new analysis of observations from NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO).

China's first-ever space lab will die a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere toward the end of next year, Chinese officials said.

"Turns out MCT can go well beyond Mars, so will need a new name,…" the billionaire entrepreneur said Friday (Sept. 16) via his Twitter account, referring to the spaceflight system that SpaceX is building to colonize the Red Planet.

The Hinode solar observing satellite has delivered spectacular imagery and invaluable measurements of the sun since it launched into space 10 years ago on Sept. 23, 2006. The satellite has captured remarkable views of solar flares, eruptions, transits and

The musician has teamed up with NASA Johnson Space Center to celebrate women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and inspire the next generation with a music video for her song "Look What We've Become". NASA's Space Launch System rock

NASA astronauts are opening new doors in the worlds of science and medicine by sequencing DNA in all sorts of extreme environments, including, for the first time, the microgravity of the International Space Station.

An Atlas V rocket carrying an Earth-imaging satellite will not launch until Sept. 26 at the earliest, after a propellant leak and a wildfire delayed its scheduled launch over the weekend.

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin returned to the middle school that he attended in his hometown of Montclair, New Jersey, on Friday (Sept. 16) for a renaming ceremony in his honor.