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NASA Selects SpaceX to Provide Launch Services for Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission

February 24, 2025 Space Coast Daily 0

NASA selected SpaceX of Starbase, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission, to detect and observe asteroids. […]

NASA to Preview Sky-Mapping Space Telescope Ahead of Launch at Conference January 31

January 25, 2025 Space Coast Daily 0

NASA will host a news conference at 12 p.m. Friday, January 31, to discuss a new telescope that will search for life in our galaxy. […]

Common Challenges In Designing Opto-Mechanical Systems And How To Address Them

April 26, 2024 Space Coast Daily 0

Have you ever gazed through a powerful telescope, marveling at the crisp details of a distant galaxy? Or peered into the intricate workings of a human cell through a high-tech microscope? […]

Dozens of Telescopes Across Two Continents Try To Catch Glimpse of Kuiper Belt Object

June 16, 2017 NASA 0

It was the most technically-challenging and complex stellar occultation observation campaign ever attempted: At least 54 observing teams with dozens of telescopes dispatched across two continents, positioned to catch a rare, two-second glimpse of a small, distant Kuiper Belt object passing in front of a star. […]

NASA: Hubble Telescope Captures Remarkable Image of Two Galaxies Merging

August 9, 2016 NASA 0

This image, taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the galaxy NGC 6052, located around 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. […]

How To Spot the ISS As It Soars Through the Sky During Its Most Viewable Nights

May 27, 2016 Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic 0

Step outside on a clear night over the next few days, and you’ve got a great chance of seeing the International Space Station (ISS) as it glides across the heavens. […]

Florida Astronomy Team Offers Unprecedented View Into Places Where Stars Are Born

October 7, 2015 University of Florida 0

Astronomers have long turned their telescopes, be they on satellites in space or observatories on Earth, to the wide swaths of interstellar medium to get a look at the formation and birth of stars. […]