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Watch SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission today

October 13th, 2023 by

SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission today (Oct. 13), weather permitting, and you can watch it live.

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The 5 main stages of October’s annular solar eclipse explained

October 13th, 2023 by

An annular eclipse will sweep across the Americas on Saturday (Oct. 14), with the sun appearing as a blazing ring of fire. How will the major stages of the eclipse unfold?

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1st evidence of giant exoplanet collision afterglow explains unusual eclipse

October 13th, 2023 by

Astronomers have observed two super-Earths colliding in a faraway system for the first time, suggesting such violent impacts are not limited to very young cosmic neighborhoods.

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Boeing’s 1st Starliner flight with astronauts delayed to April 2024

October 13th, 2023 by

NASA announced that Boeing’s commercial crew vehicle, Starliner, will not carry astronauts in a test flight until at least April 2024. Its first operational flight is also delayed into 2025.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket poised to launch Psyche metal asteroid mission (photos)

October 13th, 2023 by

SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket is standing tall on the launch pad ahead of the planned Friday (Oct. 13) liftoff of NASA’s Psyche metal asteroid mission.

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A leak on the ISS canceled his spacewalk. But an astronaut says that was the right call

October 13th, 2023 by

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen was supposed to step into space Oct. 12. Now facing a delayed spacewalk, he said that was the right call.

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South Korea set to finalize cancellation of launch contracts with Russia

October 13th, 2023 by

International sanctions imposed against Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine mean that a pair of satellites due to fly on Russian rockets in 2022 will need to find a new route to space.

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Mysterious magnetism in Apollo moon rocks is natural in origin, new study finds

October 13th, 2023 by

New research finds spaceflight does not adversely affect moon rock magnetism, disproving one of two major oppositions to the moon dynamo theory.

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