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Archive for December 7th, 2020

Watch live Tuesday: SpaceX to launch 1st Starship high-altitude test flight

December 7th, 2020 by

SpaceX will attempt to launch its Starship SN8 prototype rocket on its first high-altitude flight Tuesday, Dec. 8. Here’s how to watch.

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Watch live: SpaceX Cargo Dragon arrives at International Space Station today

December 7th, 2020 by

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft will arrive at the International Space Station today (Dec. 7), and you can watch it live here.

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Puerto Rican scientists mourn loss of Arecibo Observatory’s iconic telescope

December 7th, 2020 by

In a year full of terrible new sorrows and burdens, the collapse of Arecibo Observatory’s iconic radio telescope feels like a particularly brutal loss to Puerto Ricans.

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World’s largest atom smasher could seed microscopic black holes

December 7th, 2020 by

If teensy black holes could be produced inside the world’s largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, that would be a boon for physics.

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On This Day in Space! Dec. 7, 1972: NASA launches Apollo 17, last crewed moon mission

December 7th, 2020 by

On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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