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Archive for April 16th, 2021

Watch live now! SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts arrive at NASA Kennedy

April 16th, 2021 by

The four astronauts that will launch on SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission to the ISS next week will arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (April 16) at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT). Watch it live!

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Watch live @ 1 pm ET: SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts arrive at NASA Kennedy

April 16th, 2021 by

The four astronauts that will launch on SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission to the ISS next week will arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (April 16) at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT). Watch it live!

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5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter

April 16th, 2021 by

We’ve all looked up at night and admired the brightly shining stars.

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Meet Crew-2: The 4 space-bound astronauts launching aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon

April 16th, 2021 by

Four veteran astronauts will launch to the International Space Station on Thursday (April 22) for SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission, the second operational commercial crew flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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This week in our Space.com forums: SpaceX prizes, first eclipses, and black holes!

April 16th, 2021 by

Our latest giveaway kicks off and the community chats about the first time they saw an eclipse. And then, we dive deep into black holes!

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5,200 tons of space dust falls on Earth each year, study finds

April 16th, 2021 by

Two decades’ worth of Antarctic research reveals 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust lands on Earth each year.

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How are asteroids, space weather and space debris detected before they hit Earth?

April 16th, 2021 by

The European Space Agency’s Space Situational Awareness program is tackling the problem on three fronts.

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On This Day in Space! April 16, 1972: Apollo 16 launches to the moon

April 16th, 2021 by

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA’s fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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