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Archive for April 13th, 2024

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 106 — Space Potpourri!

April 13th, 2024 by

On Episode 106 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq take you on a tour of the coolest space places on Earth.

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Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

April 13th, 2024 by

Don’t rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe’s most mysterious stuff.

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‘You could feel the energy and wonder’: Despite clouds, totality wows crowds during solar eclipse in Syracuse

April 13th, 2024 by

The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York’s Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.

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Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft starts testing ahead of moon mission with astronauts in 2025 (video)

April 13th, 2024 by

The Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft began testing on April 10 in an altitude chamber at NASA. The spacecraft will bring four astronauts around the moon no earlier than 2025.

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In a virtual reality universe, upcoming ‘JUICE’ mission flies by Jupiter’s moon Callisto

April 13th, 2024 by

To test its autonomous software, the JUICE mission team pretended to fly the spacecraft past Jupiter’s fourth moon, and passed the exam with flying colors.

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SpaceX Starship will be 500 feet tall to prepare for Mars missions, Elon Musk says (video)

April 13th, 2024 by

Just weeks after Starship first reached orbital speed during a spaceflight in March, SpaceX founder Elon Musk outlined what the company wants to do with future spacecraft for Mars missions.

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ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book

April 13th, 2024 by

Vulcan, United Launch Alliance’s new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of being exposed to gamma rays or the bite of a radioactive spider, but it does have an origin story worthy of a comic book.

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Watch an exclusive clip from the CNN’ ‘Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight’ finale (video)

April 13th, 2024 by

CNN’s space documentary, “Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight” reaches its finale on April 14. You can watch an exclusive clip now.

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