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Mars helicopter Ingenuity misses takeoff for 4th flight on Red Planet

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 20:12

NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity was supposed to get a real workout this morning (April 29), but things didn’t go as planned.

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Blue Origin will start selling seats on its New Shepard spacecraft next week

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 18:30

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is about to start selling seats on its New Shepard spacecraft, which is designed to people on brief trips to suborbital space.

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On This Day in Space! April 29, 1985: European ‘Spacelab’ launches on space shuttle Challenger

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 11:54

On April 29, 1985, the European Space Agency’s Spacelab launched on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

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NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity will attempt its boldest flight yet today

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 11:49

After three successful test flights, NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity is ready to push the envelope in the skies of the Red Planet.

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Artificial intelligence is learning how to dodge space junk in orbit

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 11:05

An AI-driven space debris-dodging system could soon replace expert teams dealing with growing numbers of orbital collision threats in the increasingly cluttered near-Earth environment.

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‘Library of the Great Silence’ invites E.T. to share long-term survival strategies

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 11:05

Intelligent aliens will soon have a space here on Earth where they can share how they made it through their technological adolescence.

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Russian cosmonauts may not fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon until 2022

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 11:04

With three crewed launches under its belt, SpaceX has now flown astronauts representing not only NASA, but also the European and Japanese space agencies. But there’s a glaring absence: Russia.

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SpaceX rocket launches another 60 Starlink satellites, nails its 7th landing at sea

Submit on Thursday, April 29th, 2021 04:52

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit on Wednesday evening (April 28) and nailed a landing at sea to top off a successful mission.

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