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Private Japanese moon lander snaps 1st photos in deep space

December 14th, 2022 by

The Hakuto-R lander has snapped its first photos since launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday morning (Dec. 11).

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SpaceX launched Qatar World Cup match balls on Falcon 9 first stage

December 14th, 2022 by

A recent SpaceX Falcon 9 launch included the rocket’s first stage landing back on Earth. What differed this time is that the touchdown could also be described as scoring a World Cup GOOOOAAAALLLL!

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Miros?aw Hermaszewski, first Pole to fly into space, dies at 81

December 14th, 2022 by

Miros?aw Hermaszewski, who was the first, and to date, only citizen of Poland to fly into space, has died at the age of 81. Hermaszewski launched on Soyuz 30 to the Salyut 6 space station in 1978.

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Major breakthrough in pursuit of nuclear fusion unveiled by US scientists

December 14th, 2022 by

American researchers have achieved a major breakthrough paving the way toward nuclear fusion energy generation, but major hurdles remain.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Holds Up Forty-five Years Later

December 14th, 2022 by

It might be rapidly approaching 50 years old, but Close Encounters of the Third Kind is still a masterpiece of sci-fi cinema.

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Boom! Watch an inflatable space station module explode on video

December 14th, 2022 by

Sierra Space performed a “burst pressure” test on a space station module prototype, to prepare for future development on the Orbital Reef station for NASA.

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