Victor Glover: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon pilot
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A biography of Victor Glover, NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon pilot
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Mysterious heating of sun’s corona powered by solar ‘campfires,’ study suggests
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The mysterious heating of the sun’s corona might be powered by miniature solar flares dubbed ‘campfires,’ discovered by the European-US Solar Orbiter mission last year, a new study suggests.
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NASA, SpaceX delay return to Earth for Crew-1 astronauts
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NASA and SpaceX have delayed the splashdown of the Crew-1 astronaut mission due to bad weather at their Atlantic Ocean splashdown site.
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New warp drive research dashes faster than light travel dreams, but reveals stranger possibilities
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In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology that would allow faster than light travel.
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It’s not how big your laser is, it’s how you use it. Space law is an important part of the fight against space debris.
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Space is getting crowded.
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On This Day in Space! April 27, 1961: NASA launches Explorer 11
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On April 27, 1961, NASA launched Explorer 11, a satellite that contained the first gamma ray telescope to go to space. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!
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Astronomers ask UN committee to protect night skies from megaconstellations
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The International Astronomical Union is calling for the pristine night sky to be protected by the United Nations as astronomers struggle with exposures ruined by trains of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites.
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After months in space, Crew-1 astronauts look forward to SpaceX trip back to Earth
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After six months in orbit, the four astronauts who make up the SpaceX Crew-1 mission are ready to head home.
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