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Archive for April 16th, 2024

I flew Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in 4 different simulators. Here’s what I learned (video, photos)

April 16th, 2024 by

Boeing Starliner astronauts spent hundreds of hours in simulators preparing for Crew Test Flight, which lifts off May 6. I got a brief taste of what they experienced.

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Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen, a fleeting visit by BepiColombo reveals

April 16th, 2024 by

BepiColombo spotted an outpour of carbon and oxygen atoms in Venus’ fragile magnetic environment

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NASA’s Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: ‘The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive’

April 16th, 2024 by

NASA is asking its various research centers as well as private industry for new ideas about how to get Mars samples back to Earth relatively quickly and cost-effectively.

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NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth ‘moving’ below her during spacewalk (photos)

April 16th, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara missed watching an eclipse from the ISS by days. But she did participate in the 4th all-woman spacewalk, and has a unique story about a baby octopus.

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These 3 stars are losing weight fast — thanks to stellar winds way stronger than the sun’s

April 16th, 2024 by

Astronomers have measured the stellar winds of three sun-like stars for the first time, finding that the objects are losing mass at a rate as great as 67 times the speed at which our star sheds matter.

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Space-based solar power may be one step closer to reality, thanks to this key test (video)

April 16th, 2024 by

A first-of-its-kind lab demonstration shows how solar power transmission from space could work.

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