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Archive for January, 2025

India delays 1st space docking of SpaDeX satellites, ‘further validation’ needed

January 7th, 2025 by

India postponed its first attempt to dock two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit from Jan. 6 until Jan. 9, to allow more time for tests.

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Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)

January 7th, 2025 by

It’s time to ring in the Martian New Year with a variety of strange sights on the planet’s Northern Hemisphere.

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US Space Force broke its launch record in 2024 with 93 liftoffs

January 7th, 2025 by

An impressive 93 launches lifted off from Florida’s coast in 2024, setting a new Space Force record for the second year in a row.

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SpaceX’s Starship Flight 7 test flight will deploy simulated Starlink satellites for 1st time

January 7th, 2025 by

SpaceX aims to launch the seventh Starship flight test on Jan. 10. It will mark the first time the company attempts to deploy a payload during the flight.

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BluShift Aerospace hopes to launch 1st suborbital rocket from Maine in 2025

January 7th, 2025 by

Maine-based bluShift Aerospace is planning for its next big milestone: a suborbital flight test toward the end of 2025.

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How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy ‘kiss’

January 6th, 2025 by

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with Charon billions of years ago.

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Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space

January 6th, 2025 by

Innew research, we have for the first time tracked a fast radio burst back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf.

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SpaceX aims to launch 1st Starlink satellites of 2025 today, and you can watch live

January 6th, 2025 by

SpaceX is set to launch the first batch of its internet satellites this year from Florida’s Space Coast today (Jan. 6).

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