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Archive for September 24th, 2024

Witness the Galactic Civil War’s last gasp in ‘Star Wars: Battle of Jakku’ miniseries

September 24th, 2024 by

A preview of Marvel Comics’ three “Star Wars: Battle of Jakku” miniseries.

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Space Perspective completes 1st uncrewed balloon flight to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere (video)

September 24th, 2024 by

Space Perspective completed the first uncrewed test flight of its Spaceship Neptune Excelsior balloon ride to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere, and expects crewed flights to begin next year.

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New image of China’s secret space plane shows delta-wing design

September 24th, 2024 by

Images captured by spacecraft tracker appear to show China’s mysterious space plane sporting a delta-wing design.

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Orion spacecraft can shield Artemis astronauts from deep-space radiation, study shows

September 24th, 2024 by

Data from NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight.

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Boeing Starliner astronaut Suni Williams takes ISS command as 8-day mission turns into 8 months (video)

September 24th, 2024 by

NASA astronaut Suni Williams did not expect to be taking command of the International Space Station when her eight-day Starliner Crew Flight Test launched in June. Now, the key to the station is hers.

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‘Missing link’ black hole lurks in strange binary system with red giant star

September 24th, 2024 by

Astronomers have discovered a “missing link:” a tiny black hole lurking with a red giant star in a strange and difficult-to-explain binary system.

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SpaceX fishes Starship Super Heavy booster out of the sea (photo)

September 24th, 2024 by

SpaceX has retrieved from the sea the first-stage booster that flew on its latest Starship test flight, which launched this past June.

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X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid

September 24th, 2024 by

Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, but by showering it with X-ray radiation.

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