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Archive for August, 2025

SpaceX completes investigation into recent Starship failures, clears the way for Flight 10

August 19th, 2025 by me

The FAA has closed its investigation into SpaceX’s Starship failure this spring and given the green light for Starship Flight Test 10 to proceed this weekend.

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1st Portuguese spaceport could soon emerge as nation grants license for launch center in the Azores (photos)

August 19th, 2025 by me

Portugal’s space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nation’s first launch center in the mid-Atlantic

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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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Think you know our solar system’s dwarf planets? Test your skills with our new quiz!

August 18th, 2025 by me

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others!

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We’re within 3 years of reaching a critical climate threshold. Can we reverse course?

August 18th, 2025 by me

A report published in June found that the world only has three years before it crosses the 1.5 C climate target. So what should we do now?

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