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Archive for February, 2021

Satellite spots Super Bowl 2021 stadium from space (photo)

February 8th, 2021 by

Newly released satellite imagery shows Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, about seven hours before Super Bowl LV kicked off.

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What is the ionosphere? (And who is Steve?)

February 8th, 2021 by

A concentration of plasma in the Earth’s atmosphere, called the ionosphere, interacts with solar winds, ultraviolet radiation and radio waves.

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Tianwen-1: China’s first Mars mission

February 8th, 2021 by

Tianwen-1 is the ambitious first independent interplanetary mission from China, expected to complete its long journey to Mars on Feb. 10, 2021.

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On This Day in Space! Feb. 8, 1974: Astronauts say final goodbye to Skylab

February 8th, 2021 by

On Feb. 8, 1974, the last crew of the Skylab space station returned to Earth. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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Q&A: Why the UAE’s Hope Mars mission’s arrival is ‘super exciting’

February 8th, 2021 by

On Feb. 9, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency aims to successfully bring its first interplanetary mission into orbit around Mars.

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UAE’s Hope mission is about to reach Mars and the stakes are high

February 8th, 2021 by

Tomorrow, history and the hopes of the Arab world will hang on the endurance and independence of six engines charged with steering an SUV-sized spacecraft into orbit around Mars.

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Could there be a cluster of antimatter stars orbiting our galaxy?

February 8th, 2021 by

We don’t know why the universe is dominated by matter over antimatter, but there could be entire stars, and maybe even galaxies, in the universe made of antimatter.

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

February 7th, 2021 by

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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