Astronomy & Space – Where to Read the Celestial News

Wednesday’s SpaceX Crew Dragon launch was postponed until this Saturday! Click here to learn more.

Astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, and the computing associated with it are some of the hottest topics in science right now. Soon we may see the first manned space mission launched by a private company, and we are entering a new solar minimum era. We keep discovering more and more about what happens off of this planet. If you would like to keep up, here is where to start.

SpaceX Crew Dragon to Launch on Wednesday

The first manned, commercial spaceship will be launched on Tuesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a joint effort from NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The Crew Dragon capsule will then rendezvous with the International Space Station, the first American manned space fight since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011. Learn more about the launch and how to watch.