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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft aced its test flight but still hasn’t tested life support

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 18:11

The life-support system for generating livable conditions inside the Orion capsule is not being fully tested during the spaceship’s debut uncrewed mission Artemis 1.

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GPS: Everything you need to know about the space-based technology keeping us on track

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 18:11

We GPS all the time but how does it work and why was it invented? Here we explore this vital space-based technology.

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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft suffered power blip hours before its close lunar flyby

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 05:11

The Orion spacecraft had a brief power issue on Sunday (Dec. 4) but did complete its planned engine burn to return home as planned today.

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See Mars at opposition pass behind the moon this week for free online

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 05:11

This week offers multiple opportunities to get a great look at Mars thanks to several livestreams of Red Planet astronomical events.

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Construction begins on world’s largest radio telescope after decades of preparations

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 03:11

Ground has finally been broken today at two sites in Africa and Australia that will host the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO), the largest radio telescope in the world.

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‘Andor’ sound and VFX wizards on bringing a grittier ‘Star Wars’ to life (exclusive)

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 03:11

An exclusive interview with “Andor’s” VFX producer TJ Falls and sound editor David Acord reveals how the gritty, realistic feel of the series was created.

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Mars sports massive hidden plume of searing rock

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 02:11

A plume of searing hot rock as wide as the continental U.S. is rising up from near the core of Mars and might help explain recent volcanism and earthquakes seen at the Red Planet, scientists say.

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NASA’s Lucy asteroid-scouting mission resumes work on solar arrays in deep space

Submit on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 00:11

The team behind NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission is resuming work with the spacecraft to fully deploy and latch its second solar array after a recent successful Earth flyby.

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