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Archive for August 16th, 2023

SpaceX to launch 2 Starlink missions 7 hours apart late Wednesday and early Thursday: Watch live

August 16th, 2023 by

SpaceX plans to launch two Starlink missions less than seven hours apart late Wednesday (Aug. 16) and early Thursday (Aug. 17), and you can watch them live.

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Record-breaking ‘failed’ star orbiting stellar corpse is 3,600 degrees hotter than the sun

August 16th, 2023 by

Astronomers have discovered a failed star that can’t sustain nuclear fusion in its core, but is 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the sun.

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Intuitive Machines sets Nov. 15 launch date for private moon lander on SpaceX rocket

August 16th, 2023 by

Intuitive Machines is targeting a mid-November launch for what could be the first private commercial venture to safely reach the moon’s surface.

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Hubble telescope captures a ‘ghostly’ galaxy glowing in distant space (photo)

August 16th, 2023 by

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a distant galaxy cloaked in a ghostly haze some 44 million light-years from Earth in the Pavo, or “peacock” constellation.

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Japan’s Interstellar Technologies aims to launch 1st orbital rocket in 2025

August 16th, 2023 by

Interstellar Technologies Inc. says it is now aiming to launch its Zero Rocket in 2025, with static fire tests due later this year as part of its test program.

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Fly along with Virgin Galactic’s 1st private astronauts on landmark mission (video)

August 16th, 2023 by

A recently released video gives us an astronaut’s-eye view of Virgin Galactic’s second-ever commercial spaceflight, which the company aced last week.

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How ordinary spacecraft sensors could improve our understanding of space weather

August 16th, 2023 by

“It’s why we never throw anything away – you don’t know what secrets are being stored in the data beamed down from space.”

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Mars Society begins simulated Red Planet mission in Canadian Arctic

August 16th, 2023 by

The Mars Society continues its series of simulated Red Planet analog missions in the remote Canadian Arctic with its 15th expedition to the remote Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station.

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