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Archive for February, 2024

Chinese company’s reusable rocket prototype aces launch-and-landing test (photos)

February 2nd, 2024 by

The Chinese company Expace pulled off a brief launch and landing test with a rocket prototype last month, as it aims to build a reusable launch vehicle.

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A monster black hole is throwing a galaxy-size tantrum

February 2nd, 2024 by

The XMM Newton space telescope has seen a feeding supermassive black hole as it throws a major tantrum, “flipping over the table” and preventing its parent galaxy from birthing new stars.

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Artemis 2 moon astronauts dive into giant NASA pool for splashdown training (photos)

February 2nd, 2024 by

The Artemis 2 moon astronauts recently finished a splashdown exercise in a pool to get ready for more ambitious simulations in the water. They are slated to fly in 2025.

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Lava from Iceland volcano spied from space (satellite photo)

February 2nd, 2024 by

Solidified lava surrounds the small Icelandic town of Grindavík in a new photo from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2, following recent volcanic eruptions.

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Japan’s SLIM moon lander snaps final photos before going dormant during lunar night

February 2nd, 2024 by

Japan’s historic SLIM moon lander has powered down ahead of a likely mission-ending cold lunar nighttime — but not before grabbing some final images and loads of science data.

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Space Force Guardian to reach orbit for 1st time on SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronaut launch

February 2nd, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will make his 1st trip to space for Space Force, but he’s been there twice before already.

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X-ray image of universe reveals almost 1 million high-energy objects: ‘These are mind-blowing numbers’

February 2nd, 2024 by

The first eROSITA sky-survey data release involves an X-ray image of half the universe, showing exploding stars and over 700,000 supermassive black holes. It’s the largest catalog of high-energy cosmic sources ever.

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Watch next-generation lightweight spacesuit tested on Zero-G flight (photos, video)

February 2nd, 2024 by

A new generation of spacesuit is getting ready for ISS missions. Collins Aerospace recently did testing on a spacesuit for spacewalks while flying parabolic.

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