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Archive for June, 2024

Astronauts test SpaceX Starship hardware and spacesuits for Artemis 3 moon mission (photos)

June 9th, 2024 by

Two astronauts performed tests inside full-scale mock ups of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System to test spacesuits and other hardware for NASA’s Artemis 3 moon mission.

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‘Stellar Dreams’ project gifting 100 telescopes to 100 families (exclusive)

June 9th, 2024 by

An interview with Raven Baxter and NASA’s Ronald Gamble about the Stellar Dreams Project, which will give 100 telescopes to 100 families.

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At long last: Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket set to debut on July 9

June 8th, 2024 by

Europe’s new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is set to launch for the first time on July 9 after a series of delays.

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SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory

June 8th, 2024 by

During a successful fourth flight test of Starship this week, SpaceX stated another big goal: Building one megarocket a day at its new Starfactory.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 114 —Starliners & Starships

June 8th, 2024 by

On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the launches of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Starship.

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Arrokoth the ‘space snowman’ probably tastes like sweet soap

June 8th, 2024 by

Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft, likely tastes sweet — and soapy.

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Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured ‘Earthrise,’ killed in plane crash

June 8th, 2024 by

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington.

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NASA’s wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission

June 8th, 2024 by

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has faced quite a few hurdles, and the agency has selected ten studies to try and find more affordable and quicker means of going about the project.

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