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Archive for March 2nd, 2021

Perseverance rover: NASA’s Mars car to seek signs of ancient life

March 2nd, 2021 by

NASA’s Perseverance rover isn’t just exploring the Red Planet. The life-hunting robot will also help a little bit of Mars make it to Earth a decade or so from now, if all goes according to plan.

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Watch this giant iceberg break off from Antarctica

March 2nd, 2021 by

The iceberg broke off after a crack formed in November 2020.

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Watch live Thursday: SpaceX to launch 60 Starlink satellites

March 2nd, 2021 by

A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Thursday, March 4. Watch it live!

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Mars Society launches crowdfunding push for a VR Mars astronaut mission simulation

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Using virtual reality, you could explore the surface of Mars from the safety of planet Earth.

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Watch live today: SpaceX to launch 60 Starlink satellites @ 7:53 pm ET

March 2nd, 2021 by

A veteran SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Tuesday (March 2) at 7:53 p.m. EST (0053 March 3 GMT). Watch it live!

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Rocket Lab: Private Spaceflight for Tiny Satellites

March 2nd, 2021 by

Providing space for the small.

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A new rocket, Venus missions and more: Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck is aiming big in space

March 2nd, 2021 by

Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck to talk about the company’s newly announced Neutron rocket, other plans going forward — and how his hat tasted.

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Newfound Comet Leonard will blaze into view this year

March 2nd, 2021 by

A new comet is on its way in toward the sun, with prospects that it may become bright enough to see with the unaided eye by year’s end.

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