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Archive for February, 2024

SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida today after Crew-8 astronaut flight delay

February 29th, 2024 by

SpaceX will launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on Leap Day (Feb. 29) after postponing a Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA.

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‘Axion stars’ that went boom after the Big Bang could shed light on dark matter

February 29th, 2024 by

Hypothetical particles called axions may have gathered to form “axion stars” that exploded in the early universe to create readable signals that could reveal the secrets of dark matter.

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Magic secrets on the moon: Q&A with David Copperfield (exclusive)

February 29th, 2024 by

Famed illusionist David Copperfield discusses his involvement with Intuitive Machines’ historic moon mission and his desire to help preserve humanity’s knowledge on and away from Earth.

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Get to the choppa! Artemis 2 moon astronauts practice splashdown with U.S. Navy (images, video)

February 29th, 2024 by

The Artemis 2 moon astronauts went to the Pacific Ocean this month to practice splashdown operations alongside NASA and the U.S. Navy. The footage is incredible.

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Air is leaking from a Russian ISS module, but ‘no impact to crew,’ NASA says

February 29th, 2024 by

The space station has a leak at the aft end of the Russian Zvezda service module where the nation’s Progress spacecraft dock to the orbital lab, NASA officials said on Wednesday (Feb. 28).

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Why NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps waited an extra 6 years for her ISS space mission

February 29th, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps was supposed to fly to space in 2018, but it didn’t happen. It took two more tries to get her assigned to SpaceX Crew-8, launching as soon as March 2.

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A baby star’s planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth

February 29th, 2024 by

Astronomers have discovered that the water content of a planet-forming disk around an infant star is enough to fill Earth’s oceans three times over.

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SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA to March 2 due to bad weather

February 29th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s first astronaut launch of 2024 will lift off nearly 48 hours later than planned due to weather concerns, NASA says.

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