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Archive for September, 2023

Artemis 2 astronaut crew suits up for moon launch dress rehearsal (photos, video)

September 21st, 2023 by

The Artemis 2 crew did a launch day simulation on Sept. 20 for their 2024 moon mission. Seven key ground tests are planned by NASA in the coming months.

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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will bring asteroid samples to Earth in 5 not-so-easy steps

September 21st, 2023 by

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will face one of the toughest parts of its journey: Protecting samples taken from asteroid Bennu as its capsule descends through Earth’s atmosphere for recovery.

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Next stop, Europa? Nano subs to get test beneath Antarctic ice in 2026

September 21st, 2023 by

A European collaboration aims to break through some of the technological barriers to the exploration of icy moons like Jupiter’s Europa, using Antarctica as a proving ground.

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Virgin Galactic’s next flight will take a Pakistani to space for the 1st time

September 21st, 2023 by

Namira Slim will become the first person from Pakistan to reach space on Virgin Galactic’s ‘Galactic 04’ mission, which is slated to fly on Oct. 5.

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Bang! Inflatable space station module blows apart in explosive test (video)

September 21st, 2023 by

Sierra Space’s latest explosion with its LIFE module tested a metal plate inside an inflatable structure. The module will fly on a private successor to the International Space Station.

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$100,000 Breakthrough physics prize awarded to 3 scientists who study the large scale structure of the universe

September 21st, 2023 by

Mikhail Ivanov, Oliver Philcox, and Marko Simonovi? won the New Horizons Award for their work on large scale structures — the strands and filaments of our universe which contain buried clues to its most fundamental properties.

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale

September 21st, 2023 by

The sun-kissing spacecraft watched as dust particles were displaced across 6 million miles (9.7 million kilometers).

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Evidence of mysterious ‘recurring nova’ that could reappear in 2024 found in medieval manuscript from 1217

September 21st, 2023 by

The star T CrB flares up every 80 years. A document from 1217 could help confirm its regularity.

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