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Archive for March, 2025

NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner rescue mission takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS

March 29th, 2025 by me

Zena Cardman,who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner’s first crew, will command SpaceX’s upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking ‘cosmic lens’: Space photo of the day

March 28th, 2025 by me

The space telescope’s image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: ‘It is astonishing’

March 28th, 2025 by me

New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than astronomers suspected, some of which would fit with the orbit of Earth.

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This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system

March 28th, 2025 by me

Hiroyasu Tsukamota has developed a deep-learning-based guidance and control framework called Neural-Rendezvous that could allow spacecraft to safely encounter interstellar objects.

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Meet the astronauts of SpaceX’s Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth’s poles

March 28th, 2025 by me

The crew of SpaceX’s pioneering Fram2 mission includes a polar explorer, a marine technology scientist, a filmmaker and a bitcoin magnate.

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Don’t miss the partial solar eclipse tomorrow: Where, when and how to see it

March 28th, 2025 by me

Here’s everything you need to know to make the most of the partial solar eclipse on March 29, as the moon takes a ‘bite’ out of the sun.

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Boeing’s next Starliner launch for NASA could slip to early 2026 after fixes

March 28th, 2025 by me

NASA and Boeing are still working on the thruster issues that Starliner experienced on its first crewed flight last year, so the capsule’s next liftoff is a ways off yet.

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US Space Force certifies new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions

March 28th, 2025 by me

The U.S. Space Force has certified ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions, doubling the number of providers for such flights.

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