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Archive for April, 2021

Astronauts move SpaceX capsule to new docking port for 1st time ahead of space station crew arrivals

April 5th, 2021 by

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts completed the first commercial crew port relocation at the International Space Station on Monday (April 5) in preparation for the arrival of the next crew.

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Astronauts move SpaceX capsule to new docking port for 1st time to prep for space station crew arrivals

April 5th, 2021 by

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts completed the first commercial crew port relocation at the International Space Station on Monday (April 5) in preparation for the arrival of the next crew.

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On This Day in Space! April 5, 1973: Pioneer 11 launches to Jupiter & Saturn

April 5th, 2021 by

On April 5, 1973, NASA launched the Pioneer 11 mission into the outer solar system. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA’s InSight lander detects two medium marsquakes on the Red Planet

April 5th, 2021 by

NASA’s InSight lander on Mars has detected two more crisp quakes on the Red Planet, both stemming from the same region where the mission’s previous best observations originated.

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Antimatter cooled to near absolute zero by laser beam

April 5th, 2021 by

The scientists trapped the antimatter in a magnetic field to stop it from annihilating, before blasting it with a cooling laser.

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NASA selects 9 scientists to join 2022 Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter mission

April 5th, 2021 by

Nine U.S. scientists will join South Korea’s first lunar orbiter mission launching next year.

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Astronomers see a ghostly ‘radio jellyfish’ rise from the dead in the southern sky

April 5th, 2021 by

Astronomers discovered a radio structure that looks like a gigantic jellyfish, though it only glows in certain wavelengths.

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On This Day in Space! April 4, 1968: Apollo 6 launches final uncrewed Saturn V rocket test flight

April 4th, 2021 by

On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final uncrewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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