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Amazing ‘Space Butterfly’ captured by Very Large Telescope – Zoom-in! Planetary nebula NGC 2899 has been imaged using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT). The nebula is "between 3000 and 6500 light-years away in the Southern constellation of Vela (The Sails)," according to ESO. Credit: Space.com / footage courtesy: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey […]

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover – Peek under the hood NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s deputy project manager Jennifer Trosper explains some of the differences between Curiosity and Perseverance. Also, see the miles of wiring under the hood of the new Mars rover. — Perseverance rover will use some of the best Martian maps ever made: (https://www.space.com/mars-2020-rover-perseverance-best-martian-maps.html) […]

How will NASA’s Perseverance rover search for signs of life on Mars? NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a suite of instruments that will search for "signs of ancient life: in the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech as per our monitoring this Story originally appeared on *VideoFromSpace* How will NASA’s Perseverance rover search for […]

Video from Space – Weekly Highlights: Week of Aug. 2, 2020 Videos featured: SpaceX Demo-2 mission splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaias was captured from space, SpaceX Starship SN5 prototype took its first hop, China launched the Gaofen-9 04 satellite and SpaceX launched 57 Starlink and 2 Blacksky satellites. Related […]

Touchdown! SpaceX lands rocket after launching Starlink and BlackSky satellites SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first stage landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean on July 7, 2020 shortly after launching 57 Starlink and 3 Blacksky satellites. Credit: SpaceX as per our monitoring this Story originally appeared on *VideoFromSpace* Touchdown! SpaceX lands rocket after launching […]

Martian ‘nightglow’ visualized using NASA spacecraft data NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission captured data on the Red Planet’s ultraviolet "nightglow." This phenomena in shown using green-to-white false color in this visualization above a rotating "simulated view of the Mars globe," according to NASA. (Video looped several time) Video Credits: NASA/MAVEN/Goddard Space Flight […]

Hubble detected Earth’s ozone during lunar eclipse The Hubble Space Telescope detected Earth’s ozone during the lunar eclipse of June 2019 using the "moon as a mirror," according to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. This method could be used to search for signs of life on other planets. Full Story:(https://www.space.com/hubble-astronomers-moon-mirror-study-earth.html) Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight […]

China launches Gaofen-9 04 optical remote-sensing satellite China’s Long March-2D rocket launched the Gaofen-9 04 optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Aug. 6, 2020. Credit: Space.com / footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) / produced & edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta) as per our monitoring this Story originally appeared on *VideoFromSpace* China […]

SpaceX Crew Dragon’s performance was ‘rock solid,’ says Demo-2 commander Doug Hurley NASA astronaut Doug Hurley explains just how the Crew Dragon spacecraft performed in its first crewed flight in response to a question from Ars Technica’s Eric Berger. — ‘It sounds like an animal’: NASA astronauts describe the Crew Dragon re-entry experience: https://www.space.com/nasa-astronauts-demo-2-crew-dragon-experience.html Credit: […]

Watch SpaceX Starship SN5’s first flight with drone, rocket and engine cams The SpaceX Starship SN5 prototype’s first hop took place on Aug. 4, 2020 at the private spaceflight company’s Boca Chica, Texas facility. Cameras aboard a drone and the rocket captured footage of the flight. — Full Story: https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn5-prototype-1st-test-flight.html Credit: SpaceX as per our […]