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Archive for April, 2025

Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge ‘Project Kuiper’ internet constellation

April 29th, 2025 by me

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the first big batch of satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation to low Earth orbit today (April 28).

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Pine Barrens ablaze as seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2025

April 29th, 2025 by me

Satellite imagery reveals scope of damage from one of the largest fires New Jersey has seen in decades.

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Watch Vega-C rocket launch European forest-monitoring satellite to orbit on April 29

April 29th, 2025 by me

The European Space Agency’s Biomass forest-monitoring satellite will launch atop a Vega-C rocket early Tuesday morning (April 29), and you can watch the liftoff live.

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‘I didn’t look too good because I didn’t feel too good’: NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

April 29th, 2025 by me

Seventy-year-old NASA astronaut Don Pettit looked pretty peaked shortly after returning to Earth from the ISS this month. And he was pretty peaked — he’d just thrown up on the Kazakh steppe.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea

April 29th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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China’s Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station (video)

April 29th, 2025 by me

China’s outgoing Shenzhou 19 crew have handed over the reins of the Tiangong space station to a new set of astronauts.

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Scientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 light-years away: ‘This cloud is literally glowing in the dark’

April 29th, 2025 by me

A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won’t form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback cycle that regulates star formation.

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Meta Quest 3S review: Fantastic VR performance at a budget price

April 29th, 2025 by me

The Meta Quest 3S costs as little as $299.99, and with performance to match its big sibling, the Quest 3, it’s an absolute winner.

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