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SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025

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SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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Why Kirk’s main character energy is bad news for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

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The future captain of the Enterprise eclipses his co-stars every time he appears in “Strange New Worlds.”

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Don’t miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17

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The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17.

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Hidden fault beneath Canada could trigger massive earthquake after 12,000 years of silence

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Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada’s Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with new batch of Starlink satellites

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Aug. 14, 2025.

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China launches 8th batch of satellites for 13,000-strong internet megaconstellation (video)

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A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China’s Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

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Trailblazing women in space quiz: Can you name the first five female astronauts in space?

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This quiz tests your knowledge of which female astronauts broke barriers and reached for the stars.

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NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft fuels up and moves closer to launch

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket.

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