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Archive for February, 2023

China’s Shenzhou 15 astronauts prepare for their 1st spacewalk

February 9th, 2023 by

The coming EVA will be the first of three or four spacewalks the Shenzhou 15 trio will perform during their six months aboard the Tiangong space station.

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Watch green comet near Mars Saturday with free telescope livestream

February 9th, 2023 by

The Virtual Telescope Project is hosting a free livestream of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near Mars on Saturday (Feb. 11) starting at 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).

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Save 38% on the Celestron Outland X 10×42 a compact and high quality binoculars

February 9th, 2023 by

Another win for the world renowned brand Celestron – these binoculars are affordable and great for outdoor viewing.

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Hubble Space Telescope reveals a stunning star cluster (photo)

February 9th, 2023 by

Hubble snapped a great shot of NGC 376, a loose gathering of stars located outside our Milky Way, in a dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud.

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New Indian rocket will make 2nd attempt to reach orbit on Thursday

February 9th, 2023 by

India’s new SSLV small-satellite launcher will attempt to bounce back on Thursday night (Feb. 9) from an August 2022 failure.

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Don’t panic: Ingenuity helicopter reaches 42 flights on Mars

February 9th, 2023 by

As Ingenuity scouts for Mars sample return, NASA says the milestone flight and larger Perseverance rover mission represents ‘the meaning of life, the universe and everything.’

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Tiny NASA moon probe can’t reach lunar orbit as planned

February 9th, 2023 by

After launching with SpaceX in December 2022, Lunar Flashlight ran into trouble in deep space. Now the mission is eyeing a high-Earth orbit that will allow monthly moon flybys.

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‘Star Wars: Visions’ Volume 2 blasts back onto Disney+ this year for Star Wars Day

February 9th, 2023 by

Disney+ released a list of all nine animated shorts for the new season of “Star Wars: Visions” which premieres on Star Wars Day, May 4, 2023.

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