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SpaceX, FAA seek to dismiss environmental groups’ Starship lawsuit

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 17:11

SpaceX and the FAA aim to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a coalition of environmental groups, which seeks a more stringent assessment of SpaceX’s huge Starship rocket.

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Stay up late and see the half-lit moon in its last quarter phase tonight

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 17:11

The moon reaches its third-quarter phase on July 9, appearing half-lit in the morning skies before setting shortly after midday.

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New ‘Foundation’ Season 2 trailer teases massive space stations and explosive combat (video)

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 03:11

Apple TV+ has released a new extended trailer for the second season of its sci-fi epic “Foundation” that premieres globally on July 14, 2023.

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Life on Venus? Intriguing molecule phosphine spotted in planet’s clouds again

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 02:11

More evidence of the potentially life-indicating molecule phosphine has been discovered in Venus’ atmosphere, opening the next chapter in a heated debate.

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Heat shield installed for Artemis 2 moon mission (photo)

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 02:11

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have attached the heat shield to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft, which will send astronauts around the moon for the first time in over fifty years.

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Morphing NASA robot could someday walk, fly and drive over alien planets (video)

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 01:11

A team from Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has designed something that goes way beyond your typical rover, and may be the next step in robotic planetary exploration.

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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet looks ready to fly in new photos

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 01:11

New photos of NASA’s X-59 supersonic plane show the aircraft parked on the flight line as it prepares for a series of ground and initial flight tests.

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Why is the sun’s outer atmosphere so staggeringly hot? AI could help us find out

Submit on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 00:11

Why the sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, is so hot has been a mystery for decades, but machine-learning algorithms are now on the case.

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