Virgin Galactic Crash Update | Mind Melding on Mars | Seeing Mercury Before Dawn

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes in Test Flight: 1 Dead, 1 Injured The commercial SpaceShipTwo spacecraft built by Virgin Galactic crashed in Mojave, California Friday (Oct. 31) during a failed test flight that killed one pilot and injured another. See the latest news here.   Virgin Galactic Vows to Continue Space Tourism After SpaceShipTwo Crash SpaceShipTwo will take to the skies again despite Friday's tragic accident, Virgin Galactic representatives say. Read More     Chinese Moon Probe Returns to Earth China's latest moon mission, which some people are calling Chang'e 5 T1, returned to Earth at around 6 p.m. EDT Friday, ending an eight-day unmanned flight designed to test out technology for a future lunar sample-return project. Hacker Monthly -- How Airplanes Fly - Sponsored Content Hacker Monthly is a print magazine version of Hacker News, a social news website wildly popular among programmers and startup founders.   Additional Space.com Headlines Utah's Stunning Night Sky (Gallery) Moab, Utah, has little light pollution and a landscape of desert arches and gnarled trees — ideal for night-sky photography. Read More Andy Weir and Steve Jurveston Mind-Meld on Mars Colonies When author of The Martian, Andy Weir and venture capitalist and SpaceX board member Steve Jurveston talk Mars colonization, anything seems possible. Read More Orbital Sciences Piecing Together Timeline of Antares Rocket Explosion Orbital Sciences Corp. is piecing together the timeline of events that led up to the explosion of its Antares rocket on Tuesday (Oct. 28). Read More     First Hasselblad Camera Flown in Space Up for Auction The first Hasselblad camera ever flown in space is up for sale in a Boston auction. How the camera made space history on NASA's Mercury missions. Surprise! Methane Ice Cloud Floats High Above Saturn's Moon Titan In a celestial surprise, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has identified clouds of methane ice high in the stratosphere of Saturn's huge moon Titan. See Elusive Planet Mercury Before Dawn Saturday Saturday affords a rare opportunity to see Mercury, which is usually hard to spot because it is orbits so close to the sun.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003