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Sharp ‘lobster vision:’ China’s Einstein Probe space telescope already making discoveries during commissioning phase

November 5th, 2024 by

China’s Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope in Earth orbit, has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase.

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Save $300 on the HTC VIVE Pro 2 VR headset, the best high-resolution option

November 5th, 2024 by

You can save $300 on this early Black Friday VR headset deal as the HTC VIVE Pro 2 headset, the best high-resolution model out there, is on offer.

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Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission

November 5th, 2024 by

AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, the first to be granted for beyond Earth orbit.

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Watch 31st SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrive at the ISS today

November 5th, 2024 by

Dragon is scheduled to arrive at 10:15 a.m. EST.

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India delays its 1st-ever Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 2026

November 5th, 2024 by

India plans to launch astronauts to Earth orbit no sooner than 2026, roughly a year past the previously known timeline, following a series of uncrewed flight tests slated to begin in December.

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How do you vote from space? NASA astronauts cast 2024 election ballots from ISS

November 5th, 2024 by

There are four Americans currently living in space, and each has had the opportunity to add their voice to the more than 160 million other Americans able to participate in the 2024 Presidential election.

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Space Force’s mysterious X-37B begins ‘aerobraking’ to lower orbit. Here’s how it works (video)

November 5th, 2024 by

In a rare show of openness about the X-37B, Boeing Space released a video detailing how the space plane’s aerobraking maneuvers help change the spacecraft’s orbit.

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NASA’s 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth’s atmosphere

November 5th, 2024 by

Microgravity makes water do weird and wonderful things. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took advantage of that fact to create a colorful ball that resembles Jupiter.

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