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Bill Nye explains Webb Space Telescope images

In this new video from Wired, Bill Nye explains what we're seeing in some of the new Webb Space Telescope images.

August 23, 2022

Launches: We are going! Plus, a private space station

Launches blog for August 23: NASA tweets that Artemis 1 is still slated for launch August 29 ... And gives the nod to a private space station concept.

Deborah Byrd

Dave Adalian

August 23, 2022

1st photo of Earth from the moon, in 1966

As NASA prepares to send Artemis 1 to the moon, it's fun to see this 1st-ever moon photo of Earth from the moon, taken on August 23, 1966.

Deborah Byrd

August 21, 2022

Launches: Russians unveil space station model

On August 15, 2022 - at "Army-2022", a military-industrial exhibition outside Moscow - Russia unveiled a model of the new station it intends to build for itself.

Dave Adalian

August 19, 2022

Launches: U.S. Space Force takes command

EarthSky’s Launches blog brings you the best in spaceflight updates. Looking for the most current Launches blog? Click here. Previously...

Dave Adalian

August 17, 2022

Sudden downpour in Paris floods metro stations

Paris floods inundated some metro stations on Tuesday evening, August 16. A sudden, torrential rain struck the city just as commuters were leaving work.

Deborah Byrd

August 17, 2022

Launches: Surprise rollout for Artemis 1

August 16, 2022 Launches blog update. NASA announced on August 15 that Artemis 1 would be rolled to the launch pad, several days ahead of schedule.

Dave Adalian

August 16, 2022

Freya the walrus killed, social media erupts

Freya, a young female walrus, had been lounging in the sun in an Oslo, Norway fjord for weeks. But, on August 14, Norway's fisheries directorate killed her.

Deborah Byrd

August 15, 2022

EarthSky’s Launches blog has moved

Launches blog for August 23: NASA tweets that Artemis 1 is still slated for launch August 29 ... And gives the nod to a private space station concept.

Dave Adalian

August 15, 2022