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Space stations are loud — that’s why NASA is making a quiet fan

Submit on Friday, November 8th, 2024 00:11

NASA’s building a quiet fan to help future astronauts have some peace and quiet.

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Hawke Endurance ED 10×42 monocular review

Submit on Friday, November 8th, 2024 00:11

With its purposeful design, does the Hawke Endurance live up to its good looks?

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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

Submit on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 23:11

NASA’s revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.

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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond

Submit on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 22:11

Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.

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‘Beppo go home?’ An astronaut monkey steals hearts in tear-jerking SNL skit

Submit on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 21:11

Saturday Night Live released a heart-wrenching skit about Beppo the astronaut monkey.

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SpaceX’s Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it’s never done before

Submit on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 20:11

The data from the reboost, scheduled for Nov. 8, will help inform design for a larger Dragon to deorbit the ISS.

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Venus’ ‘missing’ giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight

Submit on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 18:11

Venus’ wrinkled, deformed “tesserae” terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.

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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites early Nov. 7 on 2nd half of doubleheader

Submit on Thursday, November 7th, 2024 06:12

SpaceX plans to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites from California early Thursday morning (Nov. 7), just hours after lofting another batch from the East Coast.

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