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Archive for January 28th, 2021

Sirius XM’s newest satellite, SXM-7, has failed in orbit

January 28th, 2021 by

SiriusXM’s newest satellite, SXM-7, has suffered undisclosed failures during in-orbit testing, the company revealed in an SEC filing on Wednesday (Jan. 27).

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On This Day in Space! Jan. 28, 1986: Space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch

January 28th, 2021 by

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff, killing the seven crewmembers on board. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is in the home stretch of its journey to Red Planet

January 28th, 2021 by

The car-size Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30 of last year, is scheduled to land inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on Feb. 18.

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NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is in the home stretch of its journey to Red Planet

January 28th, 2021 by

The car-size Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30 of last year, is scheduled to land inside the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater on Feb. 18.

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The lessons learned from the fatal Challenger shuttle disaster echo at NASA 35 years on

January 28th, 2021 by

It was 35 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the most defining accident of NASA happened, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch.

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The lessons learned from the fatal Challenger shuttle disaster echo at NASA 35 years on

January 28th, 2021 by

It was 35 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the most defining accident of NASA happened, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch.

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The lessons learned from the fatal Challenger shuttle disaster echo at NASA 35 years on

January 28th, 2021 by

It was 35 years ago today (Jan. 28) that the most defining accident of NASA happened, when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after launch.

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Extreme black holes probably have ‘hair’

January 28th, 2021 by

Not all black holes are perfectly sleek and simple, a new study suggests.

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