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Archive for July 6th, 2024

SpaceX’s Starship to fly again ‘in 4 weeks,’ Elon Musk says

July 6th, 2024 by

SpaceX aims to launch the fifth test flight of its huge Starship rocket just four weeks from now, Elon Musk said.

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‘Space Cadet’ is a silly sendup of NASA’s serious astronaut training program (review)

July 6th, 2024 by

A review of Prime Video’s new NASA astronaut training comedy, “Space Cadet,” starring Emma Roberts.

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Watch NASA’s 1st year-long mock Mars mission wrap up today

July 6th, 2024 by

Four volunteers will exit a mock Mars habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center today (July 6), bringing the agency’s first year-long simulated Red Planet mission to an end.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 118 —Understanding the Darkness

July 6th, 2024 by

On Episode 118 of This Week In Space, Rod and guest co-host Isaac Arthur talk with Alina Kiessling and Jason Rhodes of JPL about the concepts of dark matter and dark energy.

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The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens

July 6th, 2024 by

Without plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve.

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Earth has 7 strange quasi-moons — and you could name one of them

July 6th, 2024 by

The International Astronomical Union has partnered with the Radiolab podcast to present a quasi-moon-naming contest.

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Journey to JAXA: Why I skipped Mount Fuji and went straight to the Japanese space agency

July 6th, 2024 by

Japan has many iconic tourist destinations, but one place unlikely to be on many itineraries is about 90 minutes from central Tokyo – and it’s just as intriguing as one of the world’s most photogenic mountains.

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SpaceX teases catching Super Heavy booster with ‘chopsticks’ on upcoming Starship test flight (video)

July 6th, 2024 by

SpaceX released a highlight reel from the fourth flight test of the Starship megarocket, which includes a tease of a new capability the company may test on an upcoming flight.

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