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Space travel taxes astronauts’ brains. But microbes on the menu could help in unexpected ways

Submit on Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 02:11

Providing astronauts with the right diet is also paramount in supporting their mental and cognitive health, in a way unlike previous missions.

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Endeavour lifted onto space shuttle stack for California Science Center exhibit

Submit on Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 00:12

A space shuttle is standing upright for the first time in more than a decade. Cranes lifted Endeavour off a Los Angeles side street and onto an external tank with solid rocket boosters for display.

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‘Starfield’ spacesuit contest: ESA and Xbox will build the winner their own custom design (video)

Submit on Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 00:12

Design your own spacesuit and enter for a chance to win a real-life replica of it in this new fan contest from Microsoft and the European Space Agency.

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Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar system

Submit on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 22:11

Recent research suggested the first and only moons seen around planets outside the solar system didn’t actually exist; now, the scientists who initially found them are back to defend their discovery.

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Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024: What you’ll see if you’re outside the path of totality

Submit on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 20:12

On April 8, 2024, if the weather is fair, you should have no difficulty observing a partial eclipse of the sun from much of North America – even outside the path of totality.

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Boeing’s Starliner capsule still on track for mid-April astronaut launch to ISS

Submit on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 20:12

Boeing remains on track to launch the first-ever crewed mission of its Starliner capsule, a test flight to the International Space Station, in mid-April.

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NASA wants to fly another 1-year astronaut mission. But when will it happen?

Submit on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 18:11

Frank Rubio recently became the first American to spend more than a year in space on a single mission. When will the agency send another astronaut up for a full turn around the sun?

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Watch crane lift space shuttle Endeavour into place for museum exhibit early Jan. 30

Submit on Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 07:11

A crane will install the space shuttle Endeavour at its California Science Center home early Tuesday morning (Jan. 30), and you can watch the action live.

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