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Archive for March, 2021

Here’s how the full moon helped free the stuck ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal

March 29th, 2021 by

It took a little help from the full moon to free the massive Ever Given cargo ship from its perch stranded across the Suez Canal.

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SpaceX now aiming to launch Starship SN11 rocket prototype Tuesday

March 29th, 2021 by

SpaceX is now aiming to launch its newest Starship rocket prototype on Tuesday (March 30) after a FAA-related delay.

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SpaceX could attempt a Starship SN11 rocket launch today

March 29th, 2021 by

SpaceX may attempt to launch its newest Starship rocket prototype today (March 29) and you’ll be able to watch it live if it happens.

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On This Day in Space! March 29, 1807: Heinrich Olbers discovers asteroid Vesta

March 29th, 2021 by

On March 29, 1807, the German astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered the asteroid Vesta. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA wants to help private space stations get off the ground

March 29th, 2021 by

NASA held an online industry briefing Tuesday (March 23) to discuss its plans to help private space stations get up and running in Earth orbit.

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NASA joins White House Climate Task Force

March 29th, 2021 by

NASA has joined the White House National Climate Task Force, another step in the agency’s continued study of climate change and global warming.

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A mission to Uranus and Neptune could act as massive gravitational-wave detector

March 29th, 2021 by

What if one mission could study the gravitational ripples triggered by some of the most violent events in the universe — on the way to observing the least-known planets of our solar system?

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How can some planets be hotter than stars? We’ve started to unravel the mystery.

March 28th, 2021 by

Until the early 2000s, the only known planets were located in our own neighborhood, the Solar System.

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