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Archive for December 6th, 2022

NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion snaps gorgeous moon views as it sails over Apollo landing sites (video)

December 6th, 2022 by

The Orion spacecraft flew over the landing sites where Apollo astronauts roamed in the 1960s and 1970s. The Artemis program, however, will find different rocks.

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How much of the universe is dark matter?

December 6th, 2022 by

There simply isn’t enough normal matter to account for the amount of gravitational force needed to hold the universe together, meaning dark matter must be prevalent.

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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft on track for return to Earth after moon flyby

December 6th, 2022 by

Orion is on track to return home, where it will splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11, if all goes according to plan.

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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft aced its test flight but still hasn’t tested life support

December 6th, 2022 by

The life-support system for generating livable conditions inside the Orion capsule is not being fully tested during the spaceship’s debut uncrewed mission Artemis 1.

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GPS: Everything you need to know about the space-based technology keeping us on track

December 6th, 2022 by

We GPS all the time but how does it work and why was it invented? Here we explore this vital space-based technology.

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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft suffered power blip hours before its close lunar flyby

December 6th, 2022 by

The Orion spacecraft had a brief power issue on Sunday (Dec. 4) but did complete its planned engine burn to return home as planned today.

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See Mars at opposition pass behind the moon this week for free online

December 6th, 2022 by

This week offers multiple opportunities to get a great look at Mars thanks to several livestreams of Red Planet astronomical events.

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Construction begins on world’s largest radio telescope after decades of preparations

December 6th, 2022 by

Ground has finally been broken today at two sites in Africa and Australia that will host the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO), the largest radio telescope in the world.

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