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Archive for April, 2025

Explosion destroys building at Northrop Grumman rocket test site in Utah

April 19th, 2025 by me

A fire at a Northrop Grumman facility in Utah sent a building up in flames April 16. No injuries were reported.

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‘Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord’ is the next animated series from a galaxy far, far away coming to Disney Plus

April 19th, 2025 by me

We’ve seen Darth Maul, the horned Sith lord, die, resurrect, and die again, but how did his criminal empire rise and fall? Star Wars’ next animated show aims to answer that.

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2 private satellites undock after pioneering life-extension mission

April 18th, 2025 by me

Two commercial satellites have completed an undocking maneuver high above Earth, signaling the successful end to a pioneering spacecraft life-extension mission.

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It’s always a pleasure to meet a new Lego Star Wars set, as Jango Fett’s Firespray-Class Starship drops in for Star Wars Day

April 18th, 2025 by me

Lego’s 2,970-piece Ultimate Collector Series set arrives in time for May the Fourth!

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Ryan Gosling’s new ‘Star Wars’ movie ‘Starfighter’ is coming in 2027, and it has nothing to do with the Starfighter games

April 18th, 2025 by me

Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy is visiting the galaxy far, far away to tell a standalone story set five years after The Rise of Skywalker.

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‘It’s very pro-commercial space right now’: An industry insider’s off-Earth status report

April 18th, 2025 by me

Space.com caught up recently with Dave Cavossa, president of the Commercial Space Federation, to discuss the state of the U.S. private space industry.

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‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ celebrates 30 years with a console port, ready to traumatise a whole new generation with its tales of a mad AI god

April 18th, 2025 by me

Nightdive Studios’ port of the classic point-and-click sci-fi adventure to modern consoles gets the job done and feels hauntingly timely.

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Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong’s gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction

April 18th, 2025 by me

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut’s timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong sold for $2,187,500 with premium.

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