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Archive for April 20th, 2024

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 107 — Mars Sample Return Blues

April 20th, 2024 by

On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA’s troubled Mars sample return mission.

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Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72

April 20th, 2024 by

Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.

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Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon (2024) review

April 20th, 2024 by

Lego’s latest Millennium Falcon model certainly isn’t a hunk of junk, as Luke Skywalker famously called the ship in ‘Star Wars: A New Hope.’

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Those magic minutes during April 8’s solar eclipse brought me to tears

April 20th, 2024 by

As a TV reporter and meteorologist, I experienced some pretty incredible things in my career. But the 2024 total solar eclipse in Dallas left me in awe and with unforgettable emotions like I’ve never seen or felt before.

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Everything we know about ‘The Fantastic Four’

April 20th, 2024 by

After several years in development and pre-production at Marvel Studios, The Fantastic Four is finally coming to the big screen in 2025. Here’s all we know.

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NASA satellite’s ‘shocking’ space junk near-miss was even closer than thought

April 20th, 2024 by

The Feb. 28 encounter between NASA’s TIMED satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft was even closer than first thought — a mere 33 feet (10 meters) or so, NASA officials said.

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NASA’s Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io (video)

April 20th, 2024 by

NASA’s Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet’s moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.

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NASA’s Artemis 3 astronauts will put a moonquake detector on lunar surface

April 20th, 2024 by

NASA is building a moonquake detector for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission, in hopes of learning more about lunar tremors and the internal structure of the moon.

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