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Archive for August 7th, 2023

India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover mission reaches moon, beams photos home to Earth (video)

August 7th, 2023 by

India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander has returned images from the moon after entering orbit around our nearest neighbor.

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Artemis 2 moon mission practice recovered crew from an Orion spacecraft at sea

August 7th, 2023 by

Artemis 2’s moon astronauts will need a big team of people to bring them home after arriving on Earth. The ambitious goal: To bring the astronauts from spacecraft to med bay in 2 hours.

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Artemis 1 cubesat finishes mission after detecting water and ice on the moon

August 7th, 2023 by

NASA announced the end of the LunaH-Map satellite that was supposed to map ice at the south pole of the moon. While the mission missed its mark, a key instrument performed well.

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Nitecore NU31 headlamp review

August 7th, 2023 by

USB-C charging, a red LED, simple operation and a reflective headband make this affordable headlamp a great choice for skywatchers.

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How climate change alters rivers on both Earth on Mars

August 7th, 2023 by

A new study uses terrestrial and Martian data to investigate how river paths change depending on environmental conditions.

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Chinese launch startup tests landing rockets with jet-powered prototype

August 7th, 2023 by

Chinese launch company Galactic Energy announced in late July that it used a small test vehicle propelled by a jet engine to test software for landing rockets.

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Top 10 best (or worst) terms in astronomy and physics

August 7th, 2023 by

The modern scientific fields of astronomy and physics stretch back for centuries, and so naturally they’ve accumulated a lot of interesting names for objects, ideas, and phenomena.

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See Jupiter and the half moon join up in the night sky tonight

August 7th, 2023 by

The moon and Jupiter will be just under the feet of Aires the Ram, in the night sky on the evening of Monday, Aug. 7. With the right binoculars, you could see five moons at once.

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