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On this day in space! March 3, 1969: Apollo 9 launches 1st test flight of lunar module

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and Rusty Schweickart orbited Earth for 10 days. They tested the lunar module’s engines and navigation systems. They also practiced docking and […]

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit, loses Falcon 9 booster after landing (video)

SpaceX launched a batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday night (March 2). The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:24 p.m. ET (0224 GMT on March 3), carrying the Starlink 12-20 mission — which included 13 satellites with direct-to-cell capability

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On this day in space! March 2, 2004: Rosetta spacecraft launches to Comet 67P

On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P Rosetta would later become the first spacecraft to orbit a comet. It was also the only mission to attempt a soft landing on a comet.Rosetta launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana and spent the next decade

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America First’ on the moon? US must ‘dominate’ in space, acting NASA chief says during lunar landing

As a private lunar lander closed in on the moon early Sunday morning (March 2), poised to make history with the first fully successful landing, NASA’s acting chief Janet Petro was excited. And why not? NASA and its commercial partner Firefly Aerospace were just 24 minutes away from what became the successful landing of the

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Belyayev’s birthday ‘candle’: Russia launches ISS cargo ship with logo honoring cosmonaut’s centennial (video)

Russia celebrated a late cosmonaut’s upcoming 100th birthday on Thursday (Feb. 27), by lighting a huge “candle” and delivering “gifts” to his modern-day colleagues living in orbit. The launch shroud encasing the uncrewed Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91, as NASA refers to it) resupply spacecraft was decorated with a logo commemorating the centennial of Pavel

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Northern lights webcams: Watch the aurora borealis online for free

The northern lights are a truly remarkable spectacle, with curtains of light dancing across the sky, twisting and turning to the whims of Earth’s magnetic field. Nothing quite beats seeing the dazzling performance with your own eyes. Unfortunately for most of us, we simply don’t live far enough north for the aurora borealis or south

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[On This Day In Space! Feb. 27, 1942: J.S. Hey Discovers Radio Emissions From The Sun]

On Feb. 27, 1942, a British physicist named James Stanley Hey accidentally found out that the sun emits radio waves. Hey was working for the Army Operational Research Group in the middle of World War II. His job was to find ways to stop the Germans from jamming British radars. Hey received reports that anti-aircraft

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[Northern Lights Forecasts, Alerts, And Geomagnetic Storm Warnings]

Our aurora forecast live blog tells you everything you need to know about the likelihood of seeing the northern lights tonight and for the days ahead. We’ll also report on relevant solar activity and significant space weather events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and coronal holes which could bring strong aurora-sparking solar winds our

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SpaceX rolls huge Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 8 launch (photos)

Starship hardware has made it to the pad ahead of a planned liftoff this week. SpaceX posted photos on X today (Feb. 25) showing Super Heavy, the giant first stage of its Starship megarocket, being lifted onto the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas. The milestone keeps the company on track

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