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On This Day in Space! May 11, 2009: Final Hubble servicing mission launches

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:19

On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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May new moon 2021: See Mercury, Venus and Mars in the moonless evening sky

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:16

The new moon occurs Tuesday (May 11) at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT). Here’s what you can see in the dark, moonless sky.

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First bottle of wine ‘aged in space’ is for sale at Christie’s

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:16

A bottle of merlot that spent a year aboard the International Space Station is up for sale at Christie’s auction house. It is expected to earn roughly $1 million

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NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:15

NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have agreed on terms for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which will launch as soon as January 2022.

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Moonshot Museum to feature window into Astrobotic lunar lander work

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:13

A new space museum will have an unusual highlight: lunar artifacts that have yet to land on the moon.

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Is war in space inevitable?

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 11:12

What conditions could lead to clashes in space? Is such a situation a given, or can conflicts be short-circuited ahead of time? Space.com asked experts for their thoughts.

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Watch live Tuesday: NASA sounding rocket launch to make colorful cloud show over eastern US

Submit on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 00:31

NASA will launch a Black Brant XII sounding rocket from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, and you can watch it live here.

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Watch live now! NASA sounding rocket launch to make colorful cloud show over eastern US

Submit on Monday, May 10th, 2021 23:38

NASA will launch a Black Brant XII sounding rocket from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia today (May 10), and you can watch it live online or in person.

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