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Archive for February 7th, 2021

On This Day in Space! Feb. 7, 1984: The world’s 1st untethered spacewalk

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On Feb. 7, 1984, NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first person to go on a spacewalk without a tether. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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The International Space Station will fly over Super Bowl 2021 stadium for the big game

February 7th, 2021 by

Astronauts on the International Space Station just might have the ultimate nosebleed seats for Super Bowl 2021.

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Apes, robots and men: The life and death of the first space chimp

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On January 31, 1961, an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive. In this process, he became the first hominin in space.

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Seas will likely rise even faster than worst-case scenarios predicted by climate models

February 7th, 2021 by

Sea levels will probably rise faster than the most mainstream climate models predict, according to a new study.

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Clues about Mars’ atmosphere may lie on the surface of its moon Phobos

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The doomed Martian moon Phobos, which is on a slow death spiral above the Red Planet, may hold some secrets about how Mars was formed.

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