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Archive for August, 2024

How SpaceX’s historic Polaris Dawn private spacewalk will work

August 25th, 2024 by

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, which is scheduled to launch on Aug. 27, will feature the first-ever private spacewalk. Here’s what to expect.

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Stuck Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA says

August 25th, 2024 by

NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronaut to Earth in February 2025 and their Starliner capsule empty over thruster concerns.

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Quantum data beamed alongside ‘classical data’ in the same fiber-optic connection for the 1st time

August 24th, 2024 by

Scientists have transmitted quantum and conventional internet data through the same fiber-optic channel, meaning a future quantum internet could theoretically use existing infrastructure.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 125 —Back to Space School 2024

August 24th, 2024 by

On Episode 125 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq chat about the next 9 months in space.

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SpaceX’s private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts

August 24th, 2024 by

Two women astronauts on Polaris Dawn are set to break an altitude record set in 1990. Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon will fly higher than any female astronaut before them.

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What happens when your warp drive fails? Scientists have the answer

August 24th, 2024 by

Scientists have “boldly gone” where no one has gone before, discovering what would happen if a faster-than-light warp drive like the one used in Star Trek were to fail.

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Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

August 24th, 2024 by

Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

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StarFOX autonomous satellite swarm could level up space exploration

August 24th, 2024 by

StarFOX is an autonomous satellite swarm that scientists hope to send beyond our planet’s orbit someday.

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