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Archive for January, 2025

Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)

January 30th, 2025 by me

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.

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SpaceX Starlink satellite sparks brilliant fireball as it falls from space over US (videos)

January 30th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Starlink internet satellite fell from space in a blaze of glory overnight, lighting up the Midwest U.S. sky with a brilliant fireball.

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Watch a SpaceX rocket launch the next-gen SpainSat NG 1 satellite into orbit tonight

January 30th, 2025 by me

SpaceX is set to launch a Spanish communications satellite on Wednesday (Jan. 29) and you can watch live.

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NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes ‘blow’ on their food to cool it down

January 30th, 2025 by me

Observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward them in a cosmic feeding process.

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Trump administration’s funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending

January 30th, 2025 by me

A memo issued by the Trump administration has frozen $1.2 billion in funding for NASA programs ranging from science to space operations.

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NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here’s what that means

January 30th, 2025 by me

“For me, the question is: Why didn’t life form on Bennu?”

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Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May

January 30th, 2025 by me

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor its 2025 class of inductees, record-setting space travelers Peggy Whitson and Bernard Harris, at a public ceremony in Florida this spring.

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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab opens doors after LA fires, helps firefighter helicopters refuel

January 29th, 2025 by me

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab begins normal operations after devastating LA fires as hundreds of employees who were displaced begin rebuilding their lives.

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