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Time is running out for stricken Peregrine moon lander after crippling fuel leak

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 23:11

The clock is ticking for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander as the spacecraft continues to leak propellant into space. The company is now trying to salvage what it can from the mission.

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SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink satellites from California early Jan. 10

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 23:11

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch early Wednesday morning (Jan. 10), sending 22 Starlink satellites to orbit.

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JAXA, NASA reveal 1st images from XRISM X-ray space telescope

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 22:11

Launched in September 2023, the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) — led by JAXA, in collaboration with NASA with additional contributions from ESA — has produced its first test images.

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The age of the private moon mission has begun

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 21:11

Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander has set the stage for a new era of commercial missions to the moon in the coming years.

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NASA funds Venus sample-return, interstellar probes and other far-out space tech

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 20:11

Through its NIAC program, NASA has awarded funding to 13 innovative space technology concepts that could shape future missions to Venus, Mars and worlds beyond our solar system.

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Neutron stars could be the ultimate dark matter detectors

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 20:11

One astronomer proposes that, instead of building gigantic, expensive experiments on Earth, we should try another method of searching for dark matter: Looking to the stars.

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GiGi, Axiom’s spacesuit-clad Build-A-Bear zero-g indicator, returning to orbit on Ax-3

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 18:11

As it turns out, when you build a bear to fly into space, one mission is not enough. ‘GiGi,’ the Build-A-Bear doll outfitted in Axiom Space’s lunar spacesuit, will be returning to orbit on Ax-3.

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Satellites reveal 75% of world’s industrial fishing vessels are ‘hidden’

Submit on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 05:11

New satellite imagery has helped detect previously unmapped global fishing vessels, revealing nearly 75% of the world’s industrial activity at sea was “hidden” from public view.

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