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Archive for July, 2024

Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for fallen Challenger commander

July 3rd, 2024 by

Francis Richard “Dick” Scobee, the NASA commander of the ill-fated flight of space shuttle Challenger, is being remembered by Northrop Grumman with the naming of a space station cargo spacecraft.

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‘Great Food Truck Race’ blasts off on 17th season with stop at NASA

July 3rd, 2024 by

“The Great Food Truck Race” lifted off for its 17th season by touching down at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Chef Tyler Florence welcomed nine teams to the “Blast Off Challenge.”

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Former cryptocurrency company plans reality TV competition to pick next Blue Origin spaceflight crew

July 3rd, 2024 by

A reality television series may follow a company’s efforts to send the 1st Nigerian and others to space aboard a Blue Origin vehicle.

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Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice

July 2nd, 2024 by

“There was this gigantic river system”: Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.

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Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with ‘chopsticks’ in this animation

July 2nd, 2024 by

A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the “chopstick” arms of its huge launch tower.

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Get an up-close look at China’s Chang’e 6 farside moon rover (video)

July 2nd, 2024 by

More information has come to light regarding the hitchhiking mini-rover on China’s Chang’e 6 sample-return mission to the moon’s far side.

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Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline

July 2nd, 2024 by

SpaceX has established a debris hotline and a special email address to aid folks who may have found fallen pieces of the company’s hardware.

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Lego-inspired ‘space bricks’ could help scientists design moon habitats. Here’s how

July 2nd, 2024 by

How European Space Agency scientists are using Lego-inspired “space bricks” to design lunar habitats.

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