Excerpt: 'Children of the Sky: Can We Raise Kids in Space?'
Can a space community truly be said to exist before the first child is born there? What are the risks around pregnancy and childbirth off-planet? Who should get to decide if space is safe enough for children? Would you edit your child’s genome to permanently adapt them
to a different world? Six renown experts help us explore these and other challenging questions, as we witness kids in amazing situations far beyond the world of our species’ birth.
A “Children of the Sky” documentary.
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Credits:
David Sky Brody, Writer/Director/Narrator
Thomas Lucas, Executive Producer
© TLP & Starsong Media, Inc.
to a different world? Six renown experts help us explore these and other challenging questions, as we witness kids in amazing situations far beyond the world of our species’ birth.
A “Children of the Sky” documentary.
View the whole film here
Or here without commercial interruption
Credits:
David Sky Brody, Writer/Director/Narrator
Thomas Lucas, Executive Producer
© TLP & Starsong Media, Inc.
Isar Aerospace's 1st Spectrum rocket crashes and explodes after launch
Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket suffered an anomaly about 18 seconds into its first-ever launch and crashed on March 30, 2025. Full Story
The rocket launched from Europe's Andøya Spaceport in Norway.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Isar Aerospace | edited by Steve Spaleta
The rocket launched from Europe's Andøya Spaceport in Norway.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Isar Aerospace | edited by Steve Spaleta
Huge solar X-flare triggers spectacular eruption
Sunspot region AR4046 blasted an X1.1-class solar flare on March 28, 2025. It was accompanied by a spectacular filament eruption and coronal mass ejection (CME), according to Space.com.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks.
Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks.
Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Largest 3D map of our universe to date created using Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) mounted on the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory has been used to create the largest 3D map of our Universe to date. Full Story
"Earth is at the center in this animation, where bluer points indicate more distant objects," according to NOIRLab.
Credit: DESI Collaboration/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor
"Earth is at the center in this animation, where bluer points indicate more distant objects," according to NOIRLab.
Credit: DESI Collaboration/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor
Wow! James Webb Space Telescope captures a 'cosmic tornado'
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured an amazing video of the outflow Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50), a newborn star.
Credit:
Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann
Editing: Nico Bartmann
Web and technical support: Enciso Systems
Written by: Bethany Downer
Music: Stellardrone - The Belt of Orio
Footage: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale, L.Hustak, G. Bacon, R. Crawford, D. Kirshenblat, C. Nieves, Alyssa Pagan , F. Summers, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Credit:
Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann
Editing: Nico Bartmann
Web and technical support: Enciso Systems
Written by: Bethany Downer
Music: Stellardrone - The Belt of Orio
Footage: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale, L.Hustak, G. Bacon, R. Crawford, D. Kirshenblat, C. Nieves, Alyssa Pagan , F. Summers, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Splashdown! Starliner astronauts finally back on Earth with NASA's SpaceX Crew-9
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov splashed down off the coast of Florida aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" on March 18, 2025. Full Story
Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 with Starliner astronauts undocks from space station for return trip
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Nick Hague along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov undocked from the International Space Station on March 18, 2025 at 1:05 a.m. EDT.
They will conduct a deorbit burn at 5:11 p.m. EDT (2111 GMT), then splash down off the coast of Florida about 46 minutes later.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta
They will conduct a deorbit burn at 5:11 p.m. EDT (2111 GMT), then splash down off the coast of Florida about 46 minutes later.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta
Could Rocket Lab pick up Mars samples from NASA's rover? Animation shows how
See Rocket Lab's "proposed mission architecture" for a Mars sample return mission in this animation.
Credit: Rocket Lab
Credit: Rocket Lab
Watch NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 dock with space station in this time-lapse
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander; and Nichole Ayers, pilot; along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov docked to the International Space Station on March 16, 2025 at 12:04 a.m. EDT (0404 GMT).
Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
Whoa! See SpaceX Starship blast off from beneath in launch mount view
See the view of the flight 8 Starship launch from a camera on the launch mount. The SpaceX megarocket launched on March 6, 2025 from Starbase, Texas.
Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com
Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope view of forming star system is amazing
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a view of Lynds 483 (L483), an "actively forming star system," according to NASA.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) | edited by Space.com
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) | edited by Space.com
Debris from SpaceX Starship flight 8 explosion streaks across Bahamas night sky
Stefanie Waldek captured footage of SpaceX Starship debris streaking across the night sky from the Bahamas on March 6, 2025.
Starship lost attitude control about 8 minutes into flight and exploded on re-entry.
Credit: Stefanie Waldek | edited by Space.com
Starship lost attitude control about 8 minutes into flight and exploded on re-entry.
Credit: Stefanie Waldek | edited by Space.com
Firefly's Blue Ghost on moon seen by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University / Firefly Aerospace | edited by Steve Spaleta
Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University / Firefly Aerospace | edited by Steve Spaleta
See Firefly Blue Ghost's descent and landing on moon in amazing video
The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander touched down on the moon on March 2, 2025. See footage of the descent and landing here.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Firefly Aerospace | edited by Steve Spaleta
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Firefly Aerospace | edited by Steve Spaleta
Blood moon returns in March 2025! Total lunar Eclipse explained by NASA
Parts of the Americas will be treated to a Total Lunar Eclipse (also known as a "blood moon") on March 14, 2025. Learn when and where to see it here. Full Story
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
SpaceX explains cause of Starship’s rapid unscheduled disassembly on flight 7
The likely cause for the loss of the flight 7 Starship was a "harmonic response several times stronger in flight than had been seen during testing," according to SpaceX. Learn more about the anomaly and what is being done to correct it for flight 8.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Alexandra Duggan - Instagram: @Aleventure | SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: Alexandra Duggan - Instagram: @Aleventure | SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta
Sun blasts powerful X2-class flare! See NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory views
The Sun unleashed an X2-class solar flare on Feb. 23, 2025. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths.
Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Boom XB-1 goes supersonic three times on final flight
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 exceeded Mach 1, the speed of sound, three times during its final test flight on Feb. 10. 2025.
The chief test pilot was Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg.
Credit: Boom Supersonic
The chief test pilot was Tristan "Geppetto" Brandenburg.
Credit: Boom Supersonic
China developing "air-ground' drone potentially for Mars exploration
China is developing an "air-ground dual-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)" with Mars in mind.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta
Blastoff! Rocket Lab launches 5 'Internet of Things' satellites from New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched 5 Kinéis 'Internet of Things' satellites from New Zealand on Feb. 8. 2025. at 3:43 p.m. EST (2043 GMT; 9:43 a.m. Feb. 9 local New Zealand time).
Credit: Rocket Lab
Credit: Rocket Lab