SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever liftoff of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, from its Starbase site in South Texas. The vehicle slated to make the leap is ready to go, according to company founder and CEO Elon Musk; SpaceX just needs to secure the necessary regulatory approvals, including a launch …
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The highest reaches of the sun’s atmosphere are thousands of times hotter than its surface, and a new study reveals that this mysterious heat discrepancy could be explained by weak but steady waves propagating in the region. The “surface” of the sun,the photo sphere, or sun’s visible part is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees …
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Students from North Carolina and Rhode Island will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two space-to-Earth calls will air live Wednesday, Sept. 13, and Thursday, Sept. 14, on NASA Television. At 11:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 13, NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas …
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India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur and detected several other elements on the lunar south pole, says the country’s space agency. Last week, India became the first country to land a craft near the largely unexplored south pole, and just the fourth nation to land on the moon. “The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy …
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After splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida early Monday morning, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 completed the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of four spent 186 days in orbit. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, as well as UAE (United Arab …
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August is almost over, but it still has a rare event to deliver to skywatchers in the form of a second full moon. The full moon that rises on Wednesday, Aug. 30, will be a special one too, the unification of a supermoon and a Blue Moon, a “Super Blue Moon.” The moon won’t appear …
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Days after becoming the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s largely unexplored south pole, India’s space agency said on Monday it will launch a satellite to survey the Sun. “The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is scheduled for September 2,” the Indian Space Research Organisation …
The Blue Moon of August 2023 rises this week, offering skywatchers an extra treat this month with another supermoon. The Blue Moon will rise on the night of Wednesday (Aug. 30). Look to the east just after sunset to find it; it won’t be difficult to spot given it will be the brightest and largest …
Data from the mission will inform climate and ice models, providing better projections of how a warming world will affect sea ice loss, ice sheet melt, and sea level rise. NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to provide the launch service for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the …
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Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency sent the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to 162173 Ryugu in 2019, an asteroid in orbit near Earth that is comprised of rocky fragments originating from a larger parent body. Multiple rovers brought samples from the asteroid’s surface back down to Earth for scientists to study. The samples are indicative of chemically primitive meteorites, …
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