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Archive for April, 2023

NASA joins Japan’s mission to collect the 1st samples of Mars moon Phobos

April 18th, 2023 by

NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed a deal on April 17 to cooperate on a mission to collect samples of the Mars moon Phobos launching in 2024.

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Watch Europe’s Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft speed away from Earth in these photos by amateur astronomers

April 18th, 2023 by

Amateur astronomers have taken images of Europe’s Jupiter explorer JUICE as it commenced its journey to the largest planet of the solar system.

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30 years on, Robocop 3 still sucks

April 18th, 2023 by

Just about the only thing we wouldn’t buy for a dollar is RoboCop 3.

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Watch Russian cosmonauts make their 3rd try at a spacewalk tonight

April 18th, 2023 by

Two Russian cosmonauts will exit the International Space Station tonight (April 18), after a spacesuit problem and a coolant leak held up two previous tries at this EVA.

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NASA may build more than one moon base for Artemis lunar missions

April 18th, 2023 by

NASA may not build just one Artemis Base Camp for future lunar astronauts but rather a distributed series of lunar outposts for science and exploration.

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SpaceX targeting April 20 for next Starship launch attempt

April 18th, 2023 by

SpaceX is targeting Thursday (April 20) for the second attempt to launch its Starship vehicle to space. The 62-minute window opens at 9:28 a.m. EDT (1328 GMT).

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Dead NASA satellite will crash to Earth this week

April 18th, 2023 by

NASA’s defunct, 600-pound (270 kilograms) RHESSI spacecraft will reenter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday (April 19) at 9:30 p.m. ET, plus or minus 16 hours, the U.S. military predicts.

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Giant exoplanet found, imaged directly thanks to star-mapping data (photos)

April 18th, 2023 by

Astronomers have directly detected and imaged a gas giant orbiting another star by combining different techniques for hunting exoplanets.

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