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NASA news conference on oceans beyond Earth

13 April 2017 Astronomy Now

Watch NASA’s news conference to discuss new findings on the ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn and the prospects for life there.

Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars in real time

17 October 2016 Astronomy Now

A realtime animation of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Schiaparelli module entering and descending through the atmosphere to land on Mars.

Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year: What makes the perfect astrophoto?

14 September 2016 Astronomy Now

In this video, the judges of the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition explain what makes the perfect astrophoto. The winning image will be revealed at an awards ceremony on 15 September.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year judges explain how to get involved in astrophotography

26 August 2016 Astronomy Now

Get expert advice on how to take up astrophotography from the judges of the Royal Observatory Greenwich Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

Take a walk around NASA’s asteroid sample probe

26 August 2016 Stephen Clark

We take a walk around NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft before it was loaded into the nose cone of the Atlas 5 rocket that will launch it on 8 September.

Watch the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission briefing

21 August 2016 Astronomy Now

Watch as NASA holds a news conference at its Washington, D.C. headquarters to provide a preview of its OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu and back. The mission is scheduled to launch on 8 September, reach the asteroid in 2018, capture a sample of the celestial body in 2020 and bring the specimen back to Earth in a special landing capsule in 2023.

Juno Post-Arrival News Conference

5 July 2016 Astronomy Now

Juno programme officials hold a news conference at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory following the successful orbital insertion of the space probe around the gas giant Jupiter.

Watch NASA’s Juno News Conference

17 June 2016 Astronomy Now

Watch as NASA holds a news conference to discuss the Juno mission and the probe’s planned 4 July arrival at Jupiter. The spacecraft will be the first to visit the gas giant in almost a decade.

Video: ExoMars mission blasts off on Proton rocket

14 March 2016 Stephen Clark

A massive spacecraft bound for Mars lifted off on a Russian Proton rocket Monday, riding more than 2 million pounds of thrust from the launcher’s six main engines through low clouds hanging over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Watch the 9 March total solar eclipse live

8 March 2016 Astronomy Now

If you left it too late to book your Indonesian flight to view the total solar eclipse on the morning of Wednesday, 9 March (UT), don’t despair — put away your passport, sit back and enjoy the spectacle online, courtesy of Exploratorium and NASA TV. For virtual eclipse viewers in the UK, the event starts at 1am GMT on 9 March.