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Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)
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Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos) The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the vehicle's Flight 7 test today (Jan. 16), and lots of people saw the sky show.
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SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video,...
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SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video,... SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.
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'Dune' director David Lynch dies at 78
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'Dune' director David Lynch dies at 78 An obituary for iconic filmmaker David Lynch who died Jan. 16, 2025.
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NASA Names David Korth as Deputy, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate
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NASA Names David Korth as Deputy, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate NASA has selected David Korth as deputy for Johnson Space Center’s Safety and Mission Assurance directorate. Korth previously served as deputy manager of the International Space Station Avionics and Software Office at Johnson Space Center prior to serving as acting ...
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NASA Names Mary Beth Schwartz as Director, Center Operations Directorate
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NASA Names Mary Beth Schwartz as Director, Center Operations Directorate NASA has selected Mary Beth Schwartz as director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center Center Operations directorate. Schwartz previously served as the directorate’s deputy director. “I’m excited to embark on my new role as director for Johnson’s Center Operations directorate,” Schwartz said. ...
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Hubble Reveals Jupiter in Ultraviolet Light
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Hubble Reveals Jupiter in Ultraviolet Light NASA, ESA, and M. Wong (University of California – Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on Nov. 3, 2023, in honor of Jupiter ...
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Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments
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Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap
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Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first exquisite images of an interstellar patch of sky, about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration
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NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration The Space Shuttle Columbia and Space Shuttle Challenger Memorials are seen after a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (Credit: NASA)
NASA will observe its ...
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Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit
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Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit India successfully docked its two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit yesterday (Jan. 15), becoming just the fourth country to pull off such a satellite meetup.
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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams completed a six-hour spacewalk to repair and upgrade equipment outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Jan. 16).
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Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy
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Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy The largest photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, assembled from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations, unveils hundreds of millions of stars. It took more than 10 years to collect data for this colorful portrait of our neighbouring galaxy and was created ...
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Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says
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Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says 2024 was the warmest year on record, according to NASA data. The global average temperature was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the mid-20th-century baseline.
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EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all
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EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all With ESA’s EarthCARE satellite and four measuring instruments all working extremely well and fully commissioned, the mission’s ‘first level’ data stream is now freely available.By combining data from all four instruments, scientists ultimately aim to address a critical Earth science ...
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Technological ‘to-do list’ to reach Zero Debris created
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Technological ‘to-do list’ to reach Zero Debris created There is an increasing willingness in the space sector to tackle the problem of space debris. Yet much of the required technology to mitigate or prevent its risks is still missing.Preventing new debris, avoiding collisions and the timely clearance of satellites ...
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InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation
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InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation Three InCubed satellites have launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, highlighting ESA’s role as partner to industry and its support for business and technology innovation.
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The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year
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The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year A composite image of the 2014 Quadrantids. Image: Leo Lam.
The Quadrantid meteor shower kicks off the meteor-watching calendar, peaking this year on 3 January. Renowned for its reliability, it consistently ranks among the best annual meteor displays. This year, observers ...
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Catch Mercury’s end of year pre-dawn show
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Catch Mercury’s end of year pre-dawn show Mercury in a transparent early-evening sky on 24 January 2021. Image: Martin Campbell.
Mercury, the fast moving inner planet, passed through inferior conjunction between Earth and the Sun on 6 December and then heads rapidly west of the Sun to emerge ...
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Brilliant Jupiter rides high in Taurus
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Brilliant Jupiter rides high in Taurus Jupiter, by far the Solar System’s dominant planet, imaged on 29 November 2024. Image: Damian Peach.
Jupiter reaches its long-awaited opposition on 7 December when it lies in Taurus with a declination of just over 22 degrees, which places it about ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status Report
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2024 Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continued assisting the ISS crew with various audits and housekeeping.  They also performed CloudNet Testing and STEMonstration Earth Science activities. Payloads: Sleep in Orbit: A crewmember transferred the MicroSD memory card ...
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