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Archive for February, 2021

Replay! India launches Amazonia-1 satellite for Brazil

February 27th, 2021 by

The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the Amazonia-1 satellite for Brazil tonight (Feb. 27) and you can watch it live here, courtesy of ISRO.

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Watch live tonight! India launching Amazonia-1 satellite for Brazil

February 27th, 2021 by

The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the Amazonia-1 satellite for Brazil tonight (Feb. 27) and you can watch it live here, courtesy of ISRO.

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India to launch Brazilian Earth-observing satellite (and 18 more) tonight. Watch it live!

February 27th, 2021 by

India will send a Brazilian Earth-observation satellite to space along with 18 additional satellites — and you can watch the launch live.

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Perseverance is a tiny pale speck on Mars in this orbiter’s eerie photo

February 27th, 2021 by

A camera on the ExoMars orbiter recently captured a photo showing a very, very tiny Perseverance on Mars.

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In photos: Perseverance rover’s Mars landing celebrations at NASA and around the nation

February 27th, 2021 by

From fist bumps at JPL to Mars donuts at Krispy Kreme and Red Planet billboards in New York City, people went all out for the Perseverance rover’s landing.

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Giant crack frees a massive iceberg in Antarctica

February 27th, 2021 by

This dramatic breakup comes after a major crack formed on the shelf in November 2020 and continued to grow.

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How did NASA’s Martian rover come to land in a crater named after a tiny Balkan village?

February 26th, 2021 by

The villagers apparently first dismissed this as fake news.

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The Perseverance rover may be on Mars, but there’s a lot we already know about from meteorites on Earth

February 26th, 2021 by

NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars Feb. 18, and has already begun beaming back images.

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