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Helping build instrument for Japanese Mars mission ‘a favorite time’ for new NASA astronaut (exclusive)

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 23:11

NASA engineers just delivered a Mars instrument to Japan for a future mission. New NASA astronaut Andre Douglas helped get the Martian Moons Exploration mission ready for liftoff.

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Watch Russian Soyuz rocket launch 3 spaceflyers to the ISS on March 21

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 22:11

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three people, including one NASA astronaut, toward the International Space Station on Thursday morning (March 21). You can watch it live.

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Scientists find galaxy supercluster as massive as 26 quadrillion suns

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 22:11

Astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of 662 new galactic superclusters, the most prominent of which, the Einasto Supercluster, contains a staggering mass equivalent to 26 quadrillion suns.

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Doomed egg-shaped exoplanet is death-spiraling into its star

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 21:11

WASP-12b, an ultrahot Jupiter planet molded into the shape of an egg, is set to nose-dive into its star.

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NASA, SpaceX ready to launch 30th cargo mission to ISS on March 21

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 19:11

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 30th operational cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday (March 21).

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Arrokoth the ‘space snowman’ and other Kuiper Belt objects may be packed with ancient ice

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 17:11

“Space snowman” Arrokoth a other Kuiper Belt objects may contain locked-up ancient ice and gas, suggests a new model that could also explain the explosive behavior of “ice bomb” comets passing the sun.

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DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop ‘lunar raiload’ concept

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 05:11

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is outlining a proposed railway system for the moon, with support from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

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Full Worm Moon brings 1st lunar eclipse of 2024 next week. Here’s how to see it

Submit on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 04:11

Two weeks before the total solar eclipse, during the overnight hours of March 24 – 25, it will be the moon’s turn to undergo an eclipse.

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