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Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)

Starliner is at last at its Florida launch pad for its historic 1st mission with astronauts. The Boeing spacecraft made a brief journey there May 4 to coincide with Star Wars Day.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 109 — Music of the Spheres

On Episode 109 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Chris Carberry, CEO of Explore Mars, about the long history of music influencing how we think about spaceflight.

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What's next for Boeing Starliner after its 1st crew flight test?

Astronauts will board a Boeing Starliner spacecraft for the 1st ISS test flight no earlier than May 6. Boeing says it's already working on first operational mission Starliner-1 for 2025.

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What time is Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA on June 5?

Boeing is ready to launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA on June 5. Here's what to know on when it will launch.

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Their other vehicle is the Starliner: Boeing's 1st crew to ride Astrovan II to the launch pad

When Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams lift off for the ISS on May 6, they will become the first astronauts to fly on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner. But that's not their only new ride.

Space

Significance of Boeing Starliner’s first crewed test flight on May 7 | Explained

Starliner spacecraft, built by Boeing, set to launch astronauts to ISS, overcoming delays and technical challenges.

The Hindu

Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8

Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07.

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Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says

Two NASA astronauts, their spacecraft and rocket have been cleared for a historic 1st flight aboard Boeing's Starliner. Launch will take place no earlier than May 6.

Space

Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes

The presence of manganese oxide on Mars has positive implications in the search for life beyond Earth.

Space

Video of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss

Ethereal scenes of flowing super-heated material may help explain why atmosphere is hotter than surface

The Guardian - UK

The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening now. Here's how to watch live.

The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place next week, with talks focusing on establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.

Space

Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure

Despite excitement last year, the James Webb Space Telescope probably hasn't detected life on a distant super-Earth exoplanet with life signs detected on potential ocean world K2-18 b likely premature.

Space

Why is China exploring the far side of the moon?

The Long March-5 used in the mission is China's largest rocket

Evening Standard

Shaky future of Mars sample return

Mars Sample Return has blown a hole in NASA’s budget, which threatens other missions that need funding

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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on May 5, and this year looks favorable for a good light show put on by bits of Halley's Comet as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere.

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Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character

Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname.

Space

China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.

Space

2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.

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China launches Chang’e-6 probe to study dark side of the moon

Unprecedented 53-day mission aims to retrieve lunar rocks and soil from far side that never faces Earth.

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How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels

It may have fewer pixels than the screen of a 1989 Game Boy, but the Resolve device on the XRISM space telescope will broaden our view of the cosmos.

International Business Times

China Launches First Probe To Collect Samples From Far Side Of Moon

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan province just before 5:30 pm (0930 GMT), AFP journalists near the site said.

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re in a new era’: the 21st-century space race takes off

As humans enter what has been termed the ‘third space age’, it’s private companies – not governments – leading the charge

International Business Times

China To Launch First Probe To Return Samples From Moon's Far Side

China is set Friday to launch a probe to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030.

The Guardian - UK

China launches ambitious mission to far side of the moon

The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030

Space

Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler

NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.

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