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NASA practices for 2024 launch of Artemis 2 moon mission

NASA finished its first launch simulation for the crewed Artemis 2 moon mission, which is slated to lift off in late 2024. The exercise is just one of many for the moon mission team.

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An astrophysicist on 65 years of NASA

From the James Webb Space Telescope to the Moon landing, NASA has had a profound influence in the sciences

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Scientists may have just cracked the sun's greatest mystery

Scientists may have just found what makes the sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, so inexplicably hot.

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Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch on record-breaking mission tonight

SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket will launch for the seventh time ever tonight (July 26), sending a huge communications satellite skyward. Watch it live here.

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Nasa briefly loses contact with ISS after power outage and relies on backup systems for first time

Loss of communications with International Space Station forced Nasa to rely on Russian systems instead

The Guardian - AU

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft had a thruster glitch at the International Space Station in June

SpaceX's last cargo Dragon spacecraft had a thruster valve stuck open while docked with the International Space Station. The company says there should be no effect on the next launch.

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SpaceX fuels up Starship Super Heavy boosters in prelaunch tests (photos)

SpaceX just loaded propellant into two of its Starship Super Heavy booster prototypes as part of a prelaunch test campaign.

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Billions of Years Ago, the Milky Way May Have Looked Like a Lentil — and It Could Again

A trove of images from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope have opened a window into the Milky Way's fate.

Inverse

SpaceX Falcon Heavy shows off its 27 engines ahead of July 26 launch (photo)

SpaceX has shared a photo featuring the business end of the Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch a massive satellite for Maxar Technologies later this week.

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These Spiral Dust Arms May Hold the Secret to Building Giant Planets

The spiral arms of dust around a star 5,000 light years away may be a nursery for giant planets, offering clues about the history of our own outer Solar System.

Inverse

Celestial Spectacle: Dual Meteor Showers To Illuminate Night Skies

Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids to peak simultaneously, offering a week-long dazzling display.

Zenger

SpaceX's Crew-7 astronaut launch delayed to Aug. 17

SpaceX and NASA have pushed the planned liftoff of the Crew-7 astronaut mission back by two days to Aug. 17, to get its launch pad reconfigured after a Falcon Heavy liftoff.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy to launch world's largest private communications satellite on July 26

Maxar's largest communications satellite ever is being launched soon by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

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How Artemis 2 astronauts are training for their 2024 moon mission

Artemis 2's moon crew is meeting a new generation of training. New tech, diversity and instructors form a team aiming to safely send four astronauts around the moon.

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Venus volcanoes may be powered by long-ago violent impacts

Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system, and researchers may now know what is powering them.

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Stunning image reveals 1st detection of gas giants being born around a young star (photo)

The birth secrets of gas giant planets like Jupiter could be revealed by a stunning cosmic phoenix comprised of clumps of gas gathering around a young star.

Salon

New image hints how planets form

The first of its kind observation could advance our understanding of how planets form

The Independent UK

Large dusty clumps around young star provide insight into how planets are born

The findings could shed light on how giant planets like Jupiter form, scientists said.

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UK and Europe join forces on ground-breaking European Solar Telescope project

The telescope aims to provide insights into solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

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Archaeology on the moon: How to preserve spaceflight artifacts from Apollo era

NASA and many other countries are planning to bring humans back to the moon soon. But how do we preserve the spacecraft, tools and rovers already on the surface?

The Week

How worried we should be about space debris

A large piece of unidentified space debris has been discovered washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia.

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SpaceX targeting July 26 for next Falcon Heavy launch (video)

SpaceX is targeting July 26 for the seventh launch of its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, a mission that will loft the EchoStar Jupiter 3 communications satellite.

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A cosmic chameleon reveals its true colors in stunning infrared image (photo)

A cosmic chameleon shows off its bright colors in a new image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

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'Cosmic Time Machine:' Director discusses new James Webb Space Telescope documentary (exclusive)

An exclusive interview with Shai Gal, director of Netflix's "Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine" documentary about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Inverse

Astronomers Are Excited — And Perplexed — After Discovering Water Vapor in Cosmic Rubble

JWST has detected water vapor around another star, in a region where rocky planets like Earth might form.

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