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Archive for August 19th, 2025

Chinese astronauts beef up Tiangong space station’s debris shield during 6.5-hour spacewalk (video)

August 19th, 2025 by me

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than six hours outside the Tiangong space station on Friday (Aug. 15), installing a debris shield on the third spacewalk of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

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Look for Mercury in the morning sky as it hits peak distance from the sun on Aug. 19

August 19th, 2025 by me

Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth’s morning sky on Aug. 19.

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SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year

August 19th, 2025 by me

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday (Aug. 18). It was the company’s 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year.

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Fly me to the moon: 25 finalists chosen for Artemis 2 ‘zero-g indicator’

August 19th, 2025 by me

A panel of judges has selected the 25 finalists in NASA and Freelancer’s global contest to design a plush “zero-g indicator” to fly to the moon with the agency’s Artemis 2 astronauts.

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