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Here’s the (moon) scoop: Mercury 7-flown clock, Apollo lunar shovel up for auction

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 19:11

The clock is ticking on a space artifacts auction, though this time it is not just any timing device driving the bids. The ‘satellite clock’ from Scott Carpenter’s Mercury capsule is up for sale.

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Watch SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission today

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 17:11

SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission today (Oct. 13), weather permitting, and you can watch it live.

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The 5 main stages of October’s annular solar eclipse explained

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 17:11

An annular eclipse will sweep across the Americas on Saturday (Oct. 14), with the sun appearing as a blazing ring of fire. How will the major stages of the eclipse unfold?

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1st evidence of giant exoplanet collision afterglow explains unusual eclipse

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 04:11

Astronomers have observed two super-Earths colliding in a faraway system for the first time, suggesting such violent impacts are not limited to very young cosmic neighborhoods.

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Boeing’s 1st Starliner flight with astronauts delayed to April 2024

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 04:11

NASA announced that Boeing’s commercial crew vehicle, Starliner, will not carry astronauts in a test flight until at least April 2024. Its first operational flight is also delayed into 2025.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket poised to launch Psyche metal asteroid mission (photos)

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 03:11

SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket is standing tall on the launch pad ahead of the planned Friday (Oct. 13) liftoff of NASA’s Psyche metal asteroid mission.

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A leak on the ISS canceled his spacewalk. But an astronaut says that was the right call

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 02:11

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen was supposed to step into space Oct. 12. Now facing a delayed spacewalk, he said that was the right call.

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South Korea set to finalize cancellation of launch contracts with Russia

Submit on Friday, October 13th, 2023 02:11

International sanctions imposed against Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine mean that a pair of satellites due to fly on Russian rockets in 2022 will need to find a new route to space.

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