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Archive for January 18th, 2024

Watch Japan attempt to ace its 1st-ever moon landing on Jan. 19

January 18th, 2024 by

Japan’s robotic SLIM spacecraft will attempt to pull off the nation’s first-ever moon landing on Friday morning (Jan. 19), and you can watch the action live.

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There’s lots of water on the moon for astronauts. But is it safe to drink?

January 18th, 2024 by

A new moon water challenge from the United Kingdom and Canada asks participants to purify the liquid for safe drinking, in time for astronaut lunar landings later in the 2020s.

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Water ice buried at Mars’ equator is over 2 miles thick

January 18th, 2024 by

The Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet’s equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow ocean if melted.

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Chinese company targets 2025 for 1st launch of powerful new rocket

January 18th, 2024 by

The Chinese launch company CAS Space has set August 2025 as the target for the first launch of its Kinetic-2 liquid propellant rocket.

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See a bright half moon meet up with Jupiter in the night sky tonight

January 18th, 2024 by

A bright half moon just one day past its first-quarter phase meets up with Jupiter in the night sky on Thursday (Jan. 18) just below Aries, the Ram.

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Acefast Fast Charge Power Bank M1 review

January 18th, 2024 by

A palm-sized power bank for charging your phone and other small devices on the move.

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Omega adds Saturn V seconds hand to new Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon watch

January 18th, 2024 by

Omega has returned to the ‘dark side’ of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there, NASA’s Apollo 8 crew.

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Crippled Peregrine moon lander expected to crash to Earth today carrying human remains

January 18th, 2024 by

The private Peregrine moon lander’s long journey is about to come to an end, back on its home planet.

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