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Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)

4 hours 3 min ago
Starliner is at last at its Florida launch pad for its historic 1st mission with astronauts. The Boeing spacecraft made a brief journey there May 4 to coincide with Star Wars Day.
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The history of the Jedi Order in 'Star Wars'

7 hours 9 min ago
All aboard this lightspeed tour of the history of the Jedi Order, the peacekeepers of the galaxy.
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Star Wars Day 2024: 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' premieres today on Disney+

7 hours 39 min ago
A preview of the new Disney+ animated anthology "Star Wars: Tales of the Empire."
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Free Comic Book Day 2024: Get Marvel Comics 'Star Wars #1' for free

8 hours 8 min ago
For the first time ever, May the 4th coincides with Free Comic Book Day. So in perfect synchronicity, Marvel is offering up "Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars #1."
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 109 — Music of the Spheres

8 hours 17 min ago
On Episode 109 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Chris Carberry, CEO of Explore Mars, about the long history of music influencing how we think about spaceflight.
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Darth Vader's vile Jedi-killers are on the hunt in Marvel Comics' 'Star Wars: Inquisitors'

8 hours 39 min ago
A preview of Marvel Comics' new miniseries, "Star Wars: Inquisitors #1."
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What's next for Boeing Starliner after its 1st crew flight test?

9 hours 39 min ago
Astronauts will board a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for the 1st ISS test flight no earlier than May 6. Boeing says it's already working on first operational mission Starliner-1 for 2025.
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What time is Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA on May 6?

10 hours 41 min ago
Boeing is ready to launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA on May 6. Here's what to know on when it will launch.
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Their other vehicle is the Starliner: Boeing's 1st crew to ride Astrovan II to the launch pad

11 hours 38 min ago
When Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams lift off for the ISS on May 6, they will become the first astronauts to fly on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. But that's not their only new ride.
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Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 5:00pm
Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07.
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Does a cosmic 'glitch' in gravity challenge Albert Einstein's greatest theory?

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 4:00pm
Scientists think they've uncovered a cosmic "glitch" in gravity that could require a revision in Einstein's theory of general relativity.
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 2:22pm
Two NASA astronauts, their spacecraft and rocket have been cleared for a historic 1st flight aboard Boeing's Starliner. Launch will take place no earlier than May 6.
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Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 2:00pm
The presence of manganese oxide on Mars has positive implications in the search for life beyond Earth.
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Celebrate Lego Star Wars Day with 20% off the Millennium Falcon

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 1:12pm
The 1351-piece Lego Millennium Falcon is now 20% off on Amazon and it can be delivered on Star Wars Day, so you can celebrate in style.
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The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening next week

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 1:00pm
The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place next week, with talks focusing on establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.
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Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 12:30pm
Despite excitement last year, the James Webb Space Telescope probably hasn't detected life on a distant super-Earth exoplanet with life signs detected on potential ocean world K2-18 b likely premature.
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 12:00pm
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on May 5, and this year looks favorable for a good light show put on by bits of Halley's Comet as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
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'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:00am
This special limited engagement of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' beginning on May 3 includes an early look at the upcoming Disney+ series 'The Acolyte.'
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Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 10:00am
Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname.
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China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 9:46am
China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.
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