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Archive for June, 2024

New space stations exhibit invites public to find ‘Home Beyond Earth’

June 11th, 2024 by

An exhibit about space stations turns the focus from how astronauts live in space to how millions of people may do so in the future. The cultural implications are explored at The Museum of Flight.

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China’s Chang’e 6 mission carried a stone flag to the moon’s far side

June 11th, 2024 by

The Chinese flag that the Chang’e 6 mission brought to the moon’s far side is made primarily of basalt, a volcanic rock that’s plentiful on the lunar surface.

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‘Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’ at 35: Did William Shatner direct the cheesiest chapter in the franchise?

June 11th, 2024 by

“Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” premiered on June 9, 1989. How does the Shatner-directed fifth installment in the Star Trek film series hold up 35 years later?

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Take a video tour of Boeing’s Starliner with its 2 NASA astronauts

June 11th, 2024 by

In a new video, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conduct a guided tour of Starliner, the Boeing craft that carried them to the International Space Station last week.

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Solar flare blasts out strongest radiation storm since 2017

June 11th, 2024 by

The sunspot that produced the historic geomagnetic storm that led to May’s global auroras has made headlines again, producing the strongest radiation storm since 2017.

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Is there really a huge subsurface lake near Mars’ south pole?

June 11th, 2024 by

Evidence for a lake beneath the south polar cap of Mars may have been misinterpreted, a new study reports.

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A ‘new star’ could appear in the sky any night now. Here’s how to see the Blaze Star ignite

June 11th, 2024 by

T Coronae Borealis will erupt with a magnificent explosion sometime between now and September, becoming visible to the unaided eye. Here’s how to find it when it does.

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Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut mission extended through June 18

June 10th, 2024 by

The first astronaut mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule won’t come back to Earth until June 18 at the earliest, NASA announced over the weekend.

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