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Archive for August, 2023

Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover

August 10th, 2023 by

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured a stunning video of the Ingenuity helicopter on Aug. 3, during the little chopper’s 54th Red Planet flight.

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Stunning time-lapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star

August 10th, 2023 by

An incredible time-lapse video tracks the 17-year journey of a distant and massive exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, around its parent star between 2003 and 2020.

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Russia is launching its 1st moon mission since 1976 today: Watch live

August 10th, 2023 by

Russia plans to launch its first moon mission in nearly half a century today (Aug. 10), and you can watch the historic liftoff live.

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Russian cosmonaut becomes first to ride European robotic arm on ISS spacewalk

August 10th, 2023 by

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev completed the first test flight at the end of the European robotic arm as part of a successful spacewalk at the International Space Station on Wednesday (Aug. 9).

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What time is Virgin Galactic’s Galactic-02 space tourist launch on Aug. 10? Here’s how to watch live.

August 10th, 2023 by

Virgin Galactic’s reusable spaceplane, VSS Unity, will launch its second commercial spaceflight mission on Thursday (Aug. 10). Here’s how to follow the action.

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Scientists are using NASA satellite data to text Bangladeshi farmers water-saving strategies

August 10th, 2023 by

A new technology uses satellite data to provide farming advice to Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani farmers.

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NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission is on track, but questions remain about Artemis 3

August 10th, 2023 by

The heat shield for the Orion spacecraft is the only serious concern on NASA’s Artemis 2 to-do list right now. But the Artemis 3 moon-landing mission has more open questions.

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Earendel revealed: James Webb Space Telescope lifts veil on the most distant star known in the universe

August 10th, 2023 by

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have begun getting the goods on Earendel, the most distant star ever detected.

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