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Archive for April, 2021

Startup Phantom Space aims to launch 1st orbital mission in 2023

April 14th, 2021 by

Phantom Space aims to start launching orbital missions in early 2023, and the company just secured $5 million in seed funding to help it meet this goal.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins its farewell tour of near-Earth asteroid Bennu

April 14th, 2021 by

A spacecraft carrying pristine asteroid samples and 4,000 megabytes of data recently flew away from the space rock Bennu.

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Salute the enduring spirit of the ‘Verse with this shiny new ‘Firefly-Artbook’

April 14th, 2021 by

Mal and the rest of the Serenity crew take center stage in this premium format hardback celebrating the world of “Firefly.”

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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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