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Archive for September, 2023

China’s new wide-field survey telescope scopes out Andromeda galaxy

September 20th, 2023 by

A new high-resolution, wide-field telescope situated in China offers its first stunning view.

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter breaks altitude record on 59th Mars flight

September 20th, 2023 by

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter soared higher than ever before over the weekend, getting 66 feet (20 meters) above the ground on its 59th Red Planet flight.

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India to launch test of Gaganyaan crew capsule’s emergency escape system this year

September 20th, 2023 by

In the next month or two, India plans to launch a test mission to validate the crew escape system for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.

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Asteroid hit by NASA’s DART spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly, high school class discovers

September 20th, 2023 by

Asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA intentionally hit with a rocket during its DART mission in September 2022, is behaving in unpredicted ways.

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World’s 1st mountaintop impact crater discovered in northeastern China

September 20th, 2023 by

A two-peaked mountain in northeastern China is the site of the world’s first confirmed mountaintop crater.

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The complete series of ‘Babylon 5’ will be available on Blu-ray in December

September 20th, 2023 by

The complete series of ‘Babylon 5’ will be available on Blu-ray in December, welcome news at a time when actually owning the physical media of your favorite shows is more important than ever.

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Polaris Spaceplanes wraps up MIRA-Light prototype flight tests

September 19th, 2023 by

German company Polaris Spaceplanes completed the flight campaign for its MIRA-Light prototype vehicle, and now plans to use that data on a scaled-up version with a linear aerospike engine.

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Incredible new moon images show Artemis 3 landing sites near the lunar south pole (photos)

September 19th, 2023 by

The lunar south pole looks haunting in a new mosaic image that uses photography from two different NASA cameras in orbit around the moon and shows potential Artemis 3 landing sites.

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