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Archive for June, 2023

What will astronauts on deep space missions eat? ‘Neurogastronomy’ may have the answer.

June 27th, 2023 by

The next stage of human space exploration will involve longer missions off-Earth, and the Humanity in Deep Space initiative is considering what and how astronauts on these missions will eat.

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Virgin Galactic’s 1st commercial spaceflight launches this week. Meet the 6-person crew of Galactic 01

June 27th, 2023 by

Virgin Galactic has announced the crew of its upcoming first commercial spaceflight mission that is set to launch no earlier than June 29.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Augments, Illyrians and the Eugenics Wars

June 27th, 2023 by

Why first officer Una Chin-Riley was on trial, and how it links all the way back to Khan Noonien Singh.

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Listen to the eerie sounds of distant galaxies in breathtaking NASA video

June 27th, 2023 by

NASA has produced sounds from telescope data on five galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet, a binary star system called R Aquarii, and a giant galaxy known as Messier 104.

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SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 2nd test flight (video)

June 27th, 2023 by

SpaceX lit the six engines of its latest Starship prototype on Monday evening (June 26), checking a key box ahead of the vehicle’s upcoming test flight.

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Private space tug spins out of control after recent SpaceX launch

June 27th, 2023 by

An onboard anomaly sent space startup Launcher’s Orbital SN3 vehicle into an uncontrollable spin following SpaceX’s Transporter-8 launch June 12.

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New laser communications system arrives at NASA for Artemis 2 moon mission

June 27th, 2023 by

The Orion capsule that will fly NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission recently received an essential piece of mission hardware — a novel laser-communication module.

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Watch house-size asteroid 2023 MU2 fly by Earth at over 2,000 mph (video)

June 27th, 2023 by

A house-size asteroid zoomed past Earth on June 25 at a staggering 2,000 mph and the Virtual Telescope Project was able to image the near-Earth object in real time.

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