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Archive for February, 2021

The first helicopter on Mars phones home after Perseverance rover landing

February 21st, 2021 by

The first helicopter ever sent to another world is doing just fine on Mars after surviving a “seven minutes of terror” landing aboard NASA’s Perseverance.

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World’s largest iceberg disintegrates into ‘alphabet soup,’ NASA photo shows

February 21st, 2021 by

The world’s largest iceberg has disintegrated into an ‘alphabet soup’ of mini ice island, new NASA imagery shows.

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Europe is recruiting astronauts. Here’s what it takes to become one

February 21st, 2021 by

For the first time in 11 years, the European Space Agency (Esa) is recruiting new astronauts.

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Planet 9 probably doesn’t exist, new paper argues

February 21st, 2021 by

Does the solar system really have a big, dark ninth planet drifting somewhere far beyond the orbit of Neptune? A new paper argues that Planet 9 is a statistical mirage.

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Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launches Cygnus cargo ship to space station for NASA

February 20th, 2021 by

NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) today (Feb. 20) and you can watch the action live online.

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Replay: Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship

February 20th, 2021 by

NASA and a Northrop Grumman will launch the Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship to the International Space Station on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 12:36 p.m. EST (1736 GMT) and you can watch it here.

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Watch live: Northrop Grumman launching Cygnus cargo ship for NASA

February 20th, 2021 by

NASA and a Northrop Grumman will launch the Cygnus NG-15 cargo ship to the International Space Station on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 12:36 p.m. EST (1736 GMT) and you can watch it here.

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Northrop Grumman will launch a Cygnus cargo craft to the space station today. Watch it live!

February 20th, 2021 by

NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) today (Feb. 20) and you can watch the action live online.

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