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Q&A: How to catch a glimpse of a new star about to appear in the night sky
If you peer up at the constellation Corona Borealis—the Northern Crown—over the next several months, you may catch a glimpse: Astronomers predict that sometime this year, a new star will appear in the night sky, growing ...
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NASA's Hubble pauses science due to gyro issue
NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency's Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to an ongoing gyroscope (gyro) issue. Hubble's instruments are stable, and the telescope is in good ...
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America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
More than 100 years ago, astronomer George Ellery Hale brought two Pasadena institutions together to build what was then the largest optical telescope in the world. The Mount Wilson Observatory changed the conception of humankind's ...
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SpaceX lines up pair of Space Coast launches for the weekend
SpaceX has launches set for Saturday and Sunday from the Space Coast.
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Astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center as first crew for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft
It's not just another ride for a pair of veteran NASA astronauts who arrived to the Space Coast ahead of their flight onboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2024
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Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites on new flagship rocket's 3rd flight
Japan's space agency announced Friday a plan to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time.
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2024
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China's Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station
A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing's space program that aims to send astronauts to the ...
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2024
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NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications demonstration transmits data over 140 million miles
Riding aboard NASA's Psyche spacecraft, the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration continues to break records. While the asteroid-bound spacecraft doesn't rely on optical communications to send ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2024
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NASA astronauts arrive for Boeing's first human spaceflight
The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing's first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2024
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The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this decade ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2024
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China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon by 2030
China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2030.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2024
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Pushing the limits of sub-kilowatt electric propulsion technology for space mission concepts
NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of planetary science missions, one of NASA's ...
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Apr 24, 2024
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SpaceX launch marks 300th successful booster landing
SpaceX sent up the 30th launch from the Space Coast for the year on the evening of April 23, a mission that also featured the company's 300th successful booster recovery.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2024
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China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program
China's space agency is making final preparations to send a new crew to its space station on Thursday as part of its ambitious program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030.
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Apr 24, 2024
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Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It's still going after 3
Japan's first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan's space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2024
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NASA to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars—here's why it must and will go ahead
NASA recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among space scientists, who view ...
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Apr 23, 2024
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SpaceX launch this evening would mark 300th booster landing if successful
SpaceX is set to send up the 30th launch on the Space Coast this year targeting an evening liftoff Tuesday that would see the 300th booster recovery if successful.
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2024
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NASA's Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth
For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science ...
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2024
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Simulated microgravity affects sleep and physiological rhythms, study finds
Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology and performance of astronauts ...
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2024
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European Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied
For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, ...
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Apr 22, 2024
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