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Archive for September, 2022

DART’s impact won’t make asteroid Dimorphos hit Earth — but here’s what would happen if it did

September 28th, 2022 by

NASA’s DART mission didn’t nudge its target asteroid toward Earth, but there could be other space rocks on a collision course with Earth.

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Startup Vast Space wants takes artificial gravity station concept for a spin

September 28th, 2022 by

Vast Space, which is backed by a cryptocurrency billionaire, says it is in the early stages of looking at artificial gravity space stations, but few details are available..

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China launches three more satellites after recent rocket doubleheader

September 28th, 2022 by

China launched three new satellites atop a Long March 6 rocket on Monday (Sept. 26), following two recent launches just 40 hours apart.

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Moon’s best friend: Robot dogs could be future lunar explorers

September 28th, 2022 by

Future lunar robots could fetch incredible science by borrowing from thousands of years of dog evolution. These companions can dig, jump and flip items over on the moon.

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Behold the 1st images of DART’s wild asteroid crash!

September 28th, 2022 by

DART truly made a mess last night.

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Astronomers stunned as binary asteroid Didymos-Dimorphos brightens after DART space rock impact

September 27th, 2022 by

Astronomers watched in awe as binary asteroid Didymos brightened up immediately after the impact of NASA’s DART mission on Monday (Sept. 26).

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Listen live today as NASA discusses Artemis 1’s hurricane rollback

September 27th, 2022 by

NASA officials will be discussing the rollback of Artemis 1 Tuesday (Sept. 27) to shelter from Hurricane Ian. The livestream starts at 2 p.m. EDT.

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‘Quantum Leap’ showrunner, tech advisor on recreating space shuttle for ‘Atlantis’

September 27th, 2022 by

It could probably go without saying, but for the record, the space shuttle mission shown on “Quantum Leap” did not happen. The episode “Atlantis” had Ben Song leap into the body of an astronaut.

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