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NASA moves up return date for Boeing Starliner astronauts after swapping SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

Submit on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 09:16

NASA will return Starliner astronauts to Earth early along with their Crew-9 companions, after deciding to swap Crew-10 spacecraft to launch the SpaceX mission sooner.

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SpaceX rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites into orbit, then lands at sea (video)

Submit on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 05:25

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:53 p.m. EST (1853 GMT), less than 24 hours after another Starlink flight from California.

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NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission

Submit on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 05:25

NASA’s Pandora exoplanet-studying probe will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than this fall.

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Mysterious cosmic lights turn out to be 2 undiscovered supernova remnants

Submit on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 02:56

The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has identified what’s causing mysterious lights in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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How to watch ‘Captain America: Brave New World’: Catch it in theaters, and later stream on Disney Plus

Submit on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 02:56

Anthony Mackie picks up the shield for the fourth Captain America film

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NASA verbally orders employees to purge workspaces of LGBTQI+ symbols

Submit on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 02:56

Employees at NASA’s Washington D.C. headquarters have reportedly been barred from displaying Pride symbols in their personal work areas.

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There was nearly 1 rocket launch attempt every 34 hours in 2024 — this year will be even busier

Submit on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 23:14

2024 set spaceflight records for the fourth consecutive year with 259 launches worldwide and one launch attempt roughly every 34 hours, according to a recent analysis of the global space economy.

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Huge solar storm in May 2024 spawned 2 new radiation belts around Earth

Submit on Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 22:46

The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed to geostationary orbit and beyond.

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