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Archive for March 26th, 2021

SpaceX may try to launch its Starship SN11 rocket prototype today

March 26th, 2021 by

SpaceX may attempt to test fire — then launch — its latest Starship rocket prototype at the company’s South Texas facility on Friday (March 26).

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On This Day in Space! March 26, 1958: US Army launches Explorer 3 satellite

March 26th, 2021 by

On March 26, 1958, the United States launched its third satellite into space. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA’s TESS planet hunter spied 2,200 candidate worlds in its first 2 years

March 26th, 2021 by

A NASA spacecraft built to spot alien worlds has completed its first two years of work, and the tally is in: the mission hauled in 2,241 new planet candidates for scientists to study.

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Seeing the invisible: How Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez found the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way’s center

March 26th, 2021 by

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez has spent her scientific career peering at the center of the Milky Way, trying to see the invisible.

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