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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 108 — Starliner: Better Late Than Never?

Sat, 04/27/2024 - 9:22am
On Episode 108 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the long-awaited crew flight test of Boeing's Starliner commercial spacecraft.
Categories: Astronomy

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will not fly private missions yet, officials say

Sat, 04/27/2024 - 8:00am
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is about to make its first launch May 6 with NASA astronauts on board. Unlike SpaceX, however, Boeing has not yet announced any private missions.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 20th mission (video)

Sat, 04/27/2024 - 6:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a European satellite-navigation mission on Saturday (April 27). It was a record-tying 20th liftoff for this particular booster.
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Watch 2 gorgeous supernova remnants evolve over 20 years (timelapse video)

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 4:00pm
These supernova remnants are moving at extraordinary speeds only visible to us in long-term timelapses.
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US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Haze space domain awareness mission

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 3:00pm
A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.
Categories: Astronomy

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 2:00pm
Space telescopes detect on average one gamma-ray burst per day, adding to thousands of bursts detected throughout the years, and a community of volunteers are making research into these bursts possible.
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Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 1:30pm
The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.
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Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 1:00pm
NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.
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Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo)

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00pm
Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.
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Early Star Wars Day Lego deal: $130 off UCS Razor Crest

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:10am
This is the way to celebrate Star Wars Day in style, with the 6187-piece Lego Ultimate Collector Series Razor Crest, now $130 off
Categories: Astronomy

5 sci-fi movies that weren't great but still deserve a sequel

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 11:00am
We're constantly talking about good movies that deserve a sequel, but what about the divisive ones that, while not great, had cool ideas worth building upon?
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NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:30am
The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there. NASA astronaut Christina Koch presented an "Artemis 1 Moon Tree."
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'Aliens vs. Avengers' pits Marvel superheroes against acid-spewing xenomorphs

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 10:00am
A preview of Marvel Comics' "Aliens vs. Avengers" limited series, which is coming this summer.
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Satellite images overlay 2024 and 2017 total solar eclipses sweeping across US

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 6:00am
Satellite images capture striking differences between the 2017 and 2024 total solar eclipses that swept across North America, including variations in the moon's shadow along the path of totality.
Categories: Astronomy

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is 'go' for May 6 astronaut launch

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 5:50pm
Boeing's Starliner capsule has been cleared for its first-ever crewed launch, a test flight scheduled to send two astronauts toward the International Space Station on May 6.
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Russian cosmonauts make quick work of space station spacewalk

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 4:30pm
Two Russian cosmonauts completed a spacewalk at the International Space Station on April 25, wrapping up all of their tasks with time to spare, including the deployment of a radar that they began last year.
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Curiosity rover may be 'burping' methane out of Mars' subsurface

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 4:00pm
A new theory suggests that NASA's Curiosity rover is "burping" the surface of the Red Planet, releasing methane trapped beneath a salty crust.
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Lego reveals NASA Artemis rocket, Milky Way galaxy sets coming in May

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 3:00pm
Get ready space fans, Lego is about to launch two sets that can take you from the moon to edge of our cosmic neighborhood: Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System and Lego Art Milky Way Galaxy.
Categories: Astronomy

Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 2:00pm
When it arrives at Jupiter and the planet's moons in 2031, the JUICE spacecraft will use ice-penetrating radar to see beneath determine habitability.
Categories: Astronomy

'Rocket cam' takes you aboard final launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy (video)

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 1:00pm
After 64 years, the United Launch Alliance launched the final flight of its Delta IV Heavy rocket on April 9th, and stunning rocket cam footage captured the fiery finale.
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