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Archive for March, 2021

SpaceX may try to launch its Starship SN11 rocket prototype today

March 26th, 2021 by

SpaceX may attempt to test fire — then launch — its latest Starship rocket prototype at the company’s South Texas facility on Friday (March 26).

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On This Day in Space! March 26, 1958: US Army launches Explorer 3 satellite

March 26th, 2021 by

On March 26, 1958, the United States launched its third satellite into space. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA’s TESS planet hunter spied 2,200 candidate worlds in its first 2 years

March 26th, 2021 by

A NASA spacecraft built to spot alien worlds has completed its first two years of work, and the tally is in: the mission hauled in 2,241 new planet candidates for scientists to study.

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Seeing the invisible: How Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez found the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way’s center

March 26th, 2021 by

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez has spent her scientific career peering at the center of the Milky Way, trying to see the invisible.

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SpaceX may try to launch its Starship SN11 rocket prototype Friday

March 25th, 2021 by

SpaceX may attempt to test fire — then launch — its latest Starship rocket prototype at the company’s South Texas facility on Friday (March 26).

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See SpaceX’s most-flown rocket returns to home port after 9th flight (photos)

March 25th, 2021 by

SpaceX’s most-flown rocket, a Falcon 9 booster that has flown a historic nine times has returned home to Florida’s Port Canaveral.

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The huge ship stuck in the Suez Canal is visible from space (satellite photos)

March 25th, 2021 by

Tiny Earth-observing Dove satellites operated by the California company Planet have spied the giant cargo ship that’s blocking the Suez Canal, as well as the traffic jam caused by the vessel’s plight.

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How to spot aliens? Look at Earth, scientists propose.

March 25th, 2021 by

Revisiting how Earth looks from space could offer scientists clues for finding alien life on distant worlds.

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