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SpaceX reveals new EVA suit for upcoming Polaris Dawn private spaceflight (video)

Submit on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 02:11

SpaceX revealed its new spacesuit designed for Crew Dragon passengers to unbuckle and float outside the spacecraft.

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The ISS may be more visible in the night sky throughout May. Here’s how to see it

Submit on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 01:11

The International Space Station, the largest and brightest object now orbiting Earth, will provide excellent views for skywatchers across much of the Northern Hemisphere for much of May.

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Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)

Submit on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 01:11

A recently detected sunspot region unleashed a powerful X4.5 solar flare early Monday morning, causing radio blackouts throughout parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Boeing’s Starliner launch will be the 1st astronaut flight on an Atlas V rocket. How did NASA and ULA get it ready for crews? (exclusive)

Submit on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 01:11

NASA astronauts will ride a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for the 1st time on May 6. Getting the long-running rocket ready for humans took thousands of checks.

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1st woman to command a US spacecraft Eileen Collins ‘signs’ patch to inspire girls

Submit on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 00:11

A patch created to honor Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a U.S. spacecraft, features a geometric pattern representing the glow of her space shuttle lifting off into the night sky.

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Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral

Submit on Monday, May 6th, 2024 23:11

The launch of astronauts on a Boeing spacecraft will mark a first for the company, but will also bring human spaceflight back to a rocket and launch site after more than 50 years.

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How ‘Earth’s twin’ Venus lost its water and became a hellish planet

Submit on Monday, May 6th, 2024 22:11

New research may have identified a culprit molecule that caused Venus, often described as Earth’s twin, to lose its water and become an inhospitable hellscape.

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Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy

Submit on Monday, May 6th, 2024 21:11

Clumps of dark matter reveal their presence by distorting the shapes of more distant galaxies, just like waves on the surface of a swimming pool distort the pattern of tiles on the bottom.

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