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Archive for February, 2021

On This Day in Space! Feb. 10, 1958: Radar bounced off Venus by MIT

February 10th, 2021 by

On Feb. 10, 1958, scientists at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory bounced radar waves off of Venus. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch 1st Gateway station pieces to the moon

February 10th, 2021 by

NASA has selected SpaceX to deliver the first two segments of the moon-orbiting Gateway space station for its upcoming Artemis program, which aims to put astronauts back on the moon.

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What didn’t kill us on ‘Mars’ only made us stronger — Commander’s report: sol 13

February 10th, 2021 by

Deprived of most human comforts, the Valoria 1 crew learns to appreciate the simple things in life. Commander Musilova describes the phases the crew went through to survive their simulated Mars mission.

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China’s first space station module is ready for flight

February 10th, 2021 by

Tianzhou cargo spacecraft to visit module also passes review

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We don’t really understand the habitable zones of alien planets

February 10th, 2021 by

It turns out we don’t really understand habitable zones.

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February new moon 2021: Bright winter stars abound as planets fade near the sun

February 10th, 2021 by

Mars is the lone bright planet in the new-moon sky this Thursday (Feb. 11).

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SpaceX’s Crew-1 capsule breaks US spacecraft record set in 1974

February 9th, 2021 by

SpaceX’s Crew-1 space capsule has just broken a U.S. spaceflight record set in 1974 by NASA’s Skylab 4 mission.

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See two Mars moons shine over Dubai as the UAE’s Hope probe arrives at Red Planet

February 9th, 2021 by

The two moons of Mars were projected above the skies of Dubai to celebrate the first Emirati mission to the Red Planet.

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