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NASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of, setting the stage for miners to follow someday

Submit on Friday, November 10th, 2023 01:11

Some companies hope to one day search for deposits that are literally out of this world — on asteroids.

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SpaceX will launch the Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane on a Falcon Heavy rocket Dec. 7

Submit on Friday, November 10th, 2023 00:11

U.S. Space Force’s X-37B reusable space plane is set to take off on its seventh mission on Dec. 7, 2023, its first launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

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2nd rocket booster lifted into place for space shuttle Endeavour LA exhibit

Submit on Friday, November 10th, 2023 00:11

For the second time, the largest part of a space shuttle-era rocket booster has been taken vertical as part of the display of the orbiter Endeavour at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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NASA’s hunting for ‘strategic minerals’ in the desert with a modified U-2 spy plane. Here’s why

Submit on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 23:11

NASA is flying the agency’s high-altitude ER-2 aircraft over the American Southwest in order to map deposits of minerals that are critical for electronics manufacturing.

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A satellite’s very tiny camera took a very blurry picture of Earth — and it’s perfect

Submit on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 22:11

ESA’s TRISAT-R satellite has a camera that’s only about the size of a coin, yet it managed to capture a view of our entire world.

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September launch failure likely caused by ‘electrical arc,’ Rocket Lab says

Submit on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 21:11

Rocket Lab has identified an unwanted ‘electrical arc’ as the likely cause of its September launch failure, though the company’s investigation continues.

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Artemis moon astronauts will need oxygen. NASA wants to extract it from lunar dust

Submit on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 20:12

NASA wants to figure out how future moon-dwellers can produce, capture and store breathable oxygen from lunar soil.

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Should I buy a camera on Black Friday 2023?

Submit on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 18:11

Is it worth waiting for Black Friday for a camera deal or should you buy one in the early Black Friday sales?

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