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Harvest Moon Supermoon lunar eclipse: How to watch online for free tonight

A partial lunar eclipse of the Super Harvest Moon is coming tonight (Sept. 17.) Here's how you can watch it online for free.

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Nasa astronauts stranded in space until next year admit to ‘tough times’

Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended this month with its Starliner capsule returning to Earth empty while two Nasa test pilots remained in orbit.

The Independent UK

'We just ran out of time': Boeing Starliner astronauts on why their spaceship returned to Earth without them

The decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home uncrewed from the ISS was driven in part by time constraints, according to NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore.

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SpaceX Super Heavy rocket gets supersonic wind tunnel test for NASA's Artemis moon missions (photos)

A 1.2% scale model of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket underwent NASA wind tunnel testing, during which high-speed forced air simulated varying flight conditions.

Space

Iron winds and molten metal rains ravage a hellish hot Jupiter exoplanet

"Iron Winds and Metal Rain." Not the title of a heavy metal album but an accurate weather prediction for a hellish exoplanet called WASP-76b.

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, lands rocket (video)

SpaceX's latest Starlink satellite launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 12, adding to a constellation of more than 6,300 operational satellites.

Space

ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why

JUICE successfully identified water and the building blocks of life in Earth's atmosphere. In doing so, the probe headed for Jupiter's moons confirmed that its instruments are working properly.

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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts beam photos to Earth using Starlink satellites

The private Polaris Dawn crew notched another milestone on Thursday (Sept. 12), beaming photos home using SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites.

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Polaris Dawn astronaut plays 'Star Wars' song in music video beamed from space (video)

Polaris Dawn astronaut Sarah Gillis released a new music video from space while playing violin inside the mission's Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Space

Starlink's Internet Beamed From Space Is Taking Off

Satellite broadband provider Starlink is taking over the space market. Amazon’s mega-constellation will soon join the fray, adding to the unprecedented disruption.

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Japan's ispace will launch its 2nd lunar lander to the moon in December

Japanese company ispace plans to launch Mission 2, its second shot at landing on the moon, this December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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Boeing’s Starliner astronauts speak publicly today for 1st time in 2 months: Watch it live

Boeing Starliner's historic first mission with astronauts did not turn out as planned. Starliner's 2 NASA astronauts will share their experiences from the ISS today (Sept. 13).

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SpaceX's Starship won't be licensed to fly again until late November, FAA says

SpaceX's Starship likely won't be able to fly again until late November at the earliest, because the FAA and partner agencies need more time for licensing reviews.

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Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend

The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.

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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts talk US flag and kids' books from orbit on historic spaceflight (videos)

The Polaris Dawn crew called down to Earth to honor the anniversary of 9/11, and to do a book-reading event to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Space

Polaris Dawn: World's 1st commercial spacewalk was history's 20th stand-up EVA

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up."

Space

Tiny NASA satellite detects its 1st massive gamma ray burst

A NASA satellite designed to search for the universe's most powerful and violent explosions has successfully scouted its first burst, space agency officials announced earlier this week.

Al Jazeera

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn astronauts complete spacewalk: How it happened

The four-member civilian crew will return to Earth to cap a five-day trip after completing an experimental spacewalk.

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The Guardian - UK

Polaris Dawn astronauts complete first commercial spacewalk

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX’s Sarah Gillis exit capsule in slimmed-down spacesuits hundreds of miles up

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'International Observe the Moon Night' shines tonight! How to watch live and participate

Saturday Sept. 14 marks NASA's annual Observe the Moon Night, a worldwide event to promote lunar science and astronomy, celebrate cultural connections to the moon, and promote amateur lunar observations.

Inverse

58 Years Later, Astronauts Take A Super Risky Depressurized Space Walk

The Polaris spacewalk looked a lot like the earliest NASA spacewalks during the Gemini missions in the late 1960s. Here are the historic photos from that spacewalk.

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SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)

Two Polaris Dawn astronauts completed the world's first all-private spacewalk in their new SpaceX extravehicular activity suits, on Day 3 of the groundbreaking mission.

Space

The bubbling surface of a distant star was captured on video for the 1st time ever

Astronomers have gotten the first-ever detailed views of turbulent activity on a star other than our own sun.

Space

SpaceX launches 5 giant BlueBird smartphone satellites for AST SpaceMobile, lands rocket (video)

AST SpaceMobile's first five giant commercial direct-to-cell satellites, huge spacecraft called BlueBirds, lifted off this morning (Sept. 12) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Al Jazeera

SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Is the US breaking a 50-year-old space law?

It will be the first-ever spacewalk on a private mission. But does the US bear no responsibility for SpaceX’s ambitions?

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