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Archive for April 14th, 2021

Watch live now! Blue Origin launching New Shepard rocket @ 11:56 am ET

April 14th, 2021 by

Blue Origin will launch its New Shepard rocket on a test flight from its West Texas site today (April 14) during a window that opens at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT; 8 a.m. local time). Watch it live!

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Earth nearly lost all its oxygen 2.3 billion years ago

April 14th, 2021 by

The permanent oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere took twice as long as previously believed and finally finished up to 100 million years later than expected.

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Lyrid meteor shower 2021: When, where & how to see it

April 14th, 2021 by

In late April, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a view of the Lyrid meteor shower, the dusty trail of a comet with a centuries-long orbit around the sun.

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Japanese ispace lander to carry UAE moon rover to lunar surface in 2022

April 14th, 2021 by

The United Arab Emirates’ robotic Rashid moon rover will be delivered to the lunar surface in 2022 by HAKUTO-R, a lander built by the Japanese company ispace.

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Blue Origin to launch ‘astronaut rehearsal’ New Shepard test flight today. How to watch live.

April 14th, 2021 by

Blue Origin plans to launch an uncrewed test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle today (April 14), and you can watch the action live.

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On This Day in Space! April 14, 1981: 1st space shuttle mission lands

April 14th, 2021 by

On April 14, 1981, the first space shuttle mission returned to Earth after a two-day flight in space. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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Did lightning help spark life on Earth?

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Could lightning strikes have helped to spark life on planet Earth billions of years ago?

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Weird ‘blue’ dunes speckle the surface of Mars in NASA photo

April 14th, 2021 by

What might look like a scene from a science fiction film is actually a real-life image of dunes speckling the surface of Mars.

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