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Archive for May, 2021

May new moon 2021: See Mercury, Venus and Mars in the moonless evening sky

May 11th, 2021 by

The new moon occurs Tuesday (May 11) at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT). Here’s what you can see in the dark, moonless sky.

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First bottle of wine ‘aged in space’ is for sale at Christie’s

May 11th, 2021 by

A bottle of merlot that spent a year aboard the International Space Station is up for sale at Christie’s auction house. It is expected to earn roughly $1 million

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NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station

May 11th, 2021 by

NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have agreed on terms for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which will launch as soon as January 2022.

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Moonshot Museum to feature window into Astrobotic lunar lander work

May 11th, 2021 by

A new space museum will have an unusual highlight: lunar artifacts that have yet to land on the moon.

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Is war in space inevitable?

May 11th, 2021 by

What conditions could lead to clashes in space? Is such a situation a given, or can conflicts be short-circuited ahead of time? Space.com asked experts for their thoughts.

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Watch live Tuesday: NASA sounding rocket launch to make colorful cloud show over eastern US

May 11th, 2021 by

NASA will launch a Black Brant XII sounding rocket from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, and you can watch it live here.

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Watch live now! NASA sounding rocket launch to make colorful cloud show over eastern US

May 10th, 2021 by

NASA will launch a Black Brant XII sounding rocket from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia today (May 10), and you can watch it live online or in person.

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Want to bid on Blue Origin’s space tourist seat auction? Be sure to read the fine print

May 10th, 2021 by

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin plans to auction off a seat for its debut crewed spaceflight on July 20, but you should read the conditions carefully before applying.

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