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Archive for January, 2024

Apollo 17 astronauts saw strange flashes on the moon. Will Artemis crews see them too?

January 24th, 2024 by

Lunar scientists have started plotting out photographic objects of interest for the four-person Artemis 2 crew to consider during their flyby of the moon.

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Happy 20th, Spirit and Opportunity! How the Mars rovers expanded our horizons

January 24th, 2024 by

Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars 20 years ago this month, kicking off a surface mission that reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet.

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Pentagon moves to declassify some secret space programs and technologies

January 24th, 2024 by

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) wants to declassify more space programs in order to boost the nation’s military edge in space.

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Chinese astronauts check out newly delivered space station supplies (video)

January 24th, 2024 by

Astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station have entered the newly arrived Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft to begin sorting and checking out the goods.

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Stunning night sky time-lapse shows how colorful the stars really are (photo)

January 24th, 2024 by

This gorgeous eight-hour exposure reveals the colors of stars as they make their way across the night sky, colors that can inform astronomers about the characteristics of each star.

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Limited edition Oreo Space Dunk cookies liftoff with chance to fly to ‘edge of space’

January 24th, 2024 by

Oreo’s latest limited-edition flavor, “Space Dunk,” comes with an out-of-this-world twist: a chance at enjoying the “cosmic creme”-filled cookies while floating through the stratosphere.

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Artemis moon spacesuits prepped for tests ahead of delayed 2026 lunar landing

January 24th, 2024 by

Axiom Space will provide spacesuits for the first moon landing in half a century, aiming to reach the critical design review stage in June —as the greater Artemis program battles delays.

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Review: ‘I.S.S.’ is an old-fashioned thriller that fails to achieve a stable orbit

January 24th, 2024 by

A review of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s new indie sci-fi film, ‘I.S.S.’

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