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Sierra Space has delivered its Dream Chaser spaceplane, Tenacity, to NASA for some hardcore training. The uncrewed spaceplane is scheduled to launch a demonstration mission in 2024 to the orbital complex of NASA’s commercial resupply services.
The Dream Chaser, built by Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado...
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NASA plans on getting a bird's-eye view of asteroid Apophis, also known as the “God of Chaos,” as it makes an exceptionally close approach to Earth in 2029. The spacecraft that will have a front-row view is the same one that delivered a sample of asteroid Bennu back to Earth earlier this year.
OSIRIS-REx (Origins...
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The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM for short) recently sent back incredible imagery of the moon’s surface. The SLIM spacecraft successfully reached lunar orbit on Christmas Day, ahead of its historic attempt to land on the moon.
In a tweet sent by JAXA...
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The last full moon of 2023, often referred to as the Full Cold Moon, will brighten the night sky and the holiday festivities. This month’s Cold Moon got its moniker after a Mohawk name that referenced the chilly conditions during this time of year.
December’s full moon will be at its fullest on December 26, and is...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 first-stage booster for what would be a record-breaking 19th mission. The launch occurred just after midnight on December 23, 2023, and successfully added 23 Starlink satellites to its network constellation.
Starlink mission 6-32 launched from the Space Launch Complex 40...
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The Ursid meteor shower will be the last chance to catch a falling star to wish upon for the wanted gift to be left under the tree on Christmas morning. That's because the celestial light show is the final meteor shower of 2023, and it's predicted to peak during the early morning hours of December 23, 2023.
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and several other telescopes are getting into the holiday spirit with two mind-blowing images from space. While images of NGC 2264 and UGC 8091 may only appear to some as tokens of holiday spirit, astronomers are seeking much more information from them.
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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment beamed a video featuring Taters the cat from 18.6 million miles away. The record-setting ultra-high definition streaming video was part of a NASA technology demonstration on December 11, 2023.
The DSOC experiment is NASA’s first demonstration of optical...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) set its sights on Uranus and captured a brilliant image of a storm brewing on the icy giant. Along with the storms, Webb also captured the planet’s rings, moons, and other atmospheric features.
In the 1980s, Voyager 2 could only image the distant planet as what NASA refers...
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft has received a new launch date and time, and you can watch live. New Shepard is the space company’s reusable suborbital rocket system designed to take astronauts and research payloads past the recognized boundary of space.
Mission NS-24 was initially scheduled to launch...
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A mystery involving missing tomatoes onboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been solved. The yearlong tomato conundrum began after NASA astronaut Frank Rubio lost track of two tomatoes grown in space while harvesting for the eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS).
According to NASA, the XROOTS...
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NASA was able to capture a striking image of a massive solar flare being emitted from the Sun on Thursday, which was so powerful that it caused a radio blackout in parts of the Americas. The flare, classified as an X2.8 flare, is the most powerful recorded since 2017.
According to reports, the explosion more than...
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NASA is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Orion spacecraft making a spectacular reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. The feat was part of the Artemis 1 mission that completed a 1.4 million-mile journey around the Moon.
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was the first in a series of missions that is aimed at putting...
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NASA’s interstellar Voyage 1 spacecraft has encountered a glitch and needs repaired from 15 billion miles away. For the time being, the spacecraft cannot send any legible science or engineering data back to Earth.
NASA says that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled farther than any other craft to date. The space...
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NASA’s Webb telescope captured the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A lighting up deep space like a Christmas tree ornament. The image is part of the 2023 Holidays at the White House and debuted by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in the first-ever White House Advent Calendar.
The image captured by the James Webb Space...
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The month of December comes with celestial treats of all kinds, including the gorgeous Geminid meteor shower. The Geminids produce the year’s most reliable meteor shower that takes place annually each December.
While some sky watchers may be awaiting on the rare asteroid eclipse that will see asteroid Leona move in...
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In a cosmic game of hide and seek, an asteroid will pass in front of one of the biggest and brightest stars visible in the night sky. Asteroid Leona will pass in front of the star Alpha Orionis, also known as Betelgeuse (seen in the image above via NASA), which is a red supergiant in the constellation...
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According to a new study, astronomers were stunned to find a star that originated outside of the galaxy sitting near the supermassive black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way. The find marks the first time a star of extragalactic origin has been identified so close to the supermassive black hole.
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Astronomers have identified an object in deep space captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as being an elusive dusty star-forming galaxy. Object AzTECC71 first appeared as a blob from ground-based telescopes before later vanishing completely from Hubble’s view.
The image captured by Webb is not the...
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Astronomers have found a key ingredient for life in the outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery challenges our understanding of the origins of the element and potentially extends the galactic habitable zone.
The element that was found in a very unexpected location by a group of astronomers from the...
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A new image captured by NASA’s Odyssey orbiter highlights a view of Mars that will help scientists gain new insights into the Martian atmosphere. The panoramic view was stitched together using 10 images, creating the view of the Martian landscapes below clouds and dust.
NASA engineers spent three months preparing...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured an awe-inspiring image of a Herbig-Haro object in the northern constellation of Perseus. Herbig-Haro objects are luminous patches of nebulosity associated with protostars and form when stellar winds or hot gas ejected by a newborn star collide with the gas and dust...
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