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Archive for April 8th, 2021

Watch live Friday: Soyuz rocket launching new US-Russian crew @ 3:42 am ET

April 8th, 2021 by

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch a joint U.S.-Russian crew to the International Space Station early Friday (April 9) and you can watch it live here courtesy of NASA TV.

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You can watch a Soyuz rocket launch a US-Russian crew to the International Space Station early Friday

April 8th, 2021 by

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and two cosmonauts toward the space station early Friday (April 9) on a last-minute mission. Here’s how you can watch it live.

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A tiny, wobbling muon just shook particle physics to its core

April 8th, 2021 by

But this may not be the end of the story.

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The Great North American Solar Eclipse of 2024 is just three years away

April 8th, 2021 by

Three years from today, on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than half a billion people across North America have the chance to see another Great American Solar Eclipse.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity unlocks its rotor blades to prepare for 1st flight on Red Planet

April 8th, 2021 by

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity has unlocked its two rotor blades as preparations continue for the vehicle’s first flight, due to occur no earlier than Sunday (April 11).

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Teach your kids about NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity with a free webcast today

April 8th, 2021 by

NASA engineers will teach kids about the Mars helicopter Ingenuity in a live webcast today. Here’s how to watch.

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On This Day in Space! April 8, 1964: 1st test flight of Gemini spacecraft

April 8th, 2021 by

On April 8, 1964, NASA launched the first uncrewed test flight of the new Gemini spacecraft. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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Tiny Astroscale satellite will test space junk cleanup tech with magnets

April 8th, 2021 by

Astroscale just launched the first commercial space junk cleanup mission designed to locate and retrieve used satellites and other debris orbiting Earth.

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