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Diversity will be key to Artemis moon-to-Mars push, NASA officials say

Getting astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars will require fully tapping the United States' famed melting pot, NASA officials stress.

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Mysterious green lasers caught on camera belong to NASA satellite (video)

Green laser beams from one of NASA's earth-orbiting satellites were caught on motion-detecting cameras outside Hiratsuka City Museum.

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Perseverance Mars rover snaps amazing shot of dusty Ingenuity helicopter (photo)

NASA's Perseverance rover just snapped an up-close view of its Mars companion Ingenuity, revealing the robotic helicopter's dusty blades.

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Why did SpaceX’s starship explode on its launch attempt?

SpaceX’s Starship had an explosive inaugural test flight.

Evening Standard

Lyrid meteor shower to light up the sky TONIGHT - with 18 shooting stars per hour

Meteor showers, or shooting stars, are caused when pieces of debris, known as meteorites, enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of around 43 miles per second, burning up and causing streaks of light

Daily Mirror

Starship up close! See giant SpaceX rocket lift off in slo-mo launch tower video

A new video filmed from Starship's launch tower gets you up close and personal with Thursday's (April 20) landmark liftoff of the giant SpaceX vehicle.

Space

Meteor shower to put on display in our skies this weekend

There will be bright fast meteors – some with trains, according to the Royal Observatory Greenwich

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NASA chief hails SpaceX's 1st Starship launch despite explosion

NASA leaders congratulated SpaceX on the launch of the massive Starship vehicle that will play a key part in the agency's upcoming Artemis moon missions.

Space

Lyrid meteor display set to dazzle night sky

Viewers are expected to see up to 18 meteors per hour.

The Independent UK

When is Eid ul Fitr 2023 with moon-sighting forecasts for UK, Saudi Arabia, Morocco

Muslims are now getting the last minute preparations done for Eid ul Fitr

Bristol Post

Fighting light pollution, West Texas effort preserves one of the largest dark sky reserves

FORT DAVIS, Texas — To sit under the vast expanse of stars is to imagine swimming across shining, stellar rivers, creeks and tributaries. But to sit here also is to feel that lump in your throat and skip in your heart, realizing everything you know is far smaller than the…

Tribune News Service

Spaceport slated for Cape York attracts global interest

The Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland could be home to Australia's next major spaceport with plans for large-scale launches before 2030.

AAP

Queensland teen bound for US space camp amid push for Weipa rocket launch

Toby Fealy has been selected to attend a two-week space camp in the US. There aren't many options for him to pursue his dream at home in Far North Queensland, but that might be about to change.

ABC News

Watch Cygnus cargo spacecraft leave the space station Friday morning

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station on Friday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.

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SpaceX Starship explosion fallout covers city with ‘particulate’

The rocket’s explosion reportedly rattled doors up to five miles away

Space

Dead NASA satellite crashes to Earth over the Sahara Desert

NASA's dead, 660-pound (300 kilograms) RHESSI spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday night (April 19) near the Sudan-Egypt border.

Space

Watching SpaceX's Starship launch as the world's largest rocket felt simply unreal (video)

Here's what it was like to see (and hear) SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, lift off for the first time.

The New Daily

Musk hails ‘success’ after world’s biggest rocket lifts off – then explodes

Elon Musk is celebrating "success" after his SpaceX rocket blasted off on its maiden flight, but dramatically exploded just minutes later.

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Look! Hubble Image Celebrates the Telescope’s 33rd Anniversary with a Cosmic “Laser Lightshow”

This gorgeous Hubble image is a celebration of the telescope's 33rd space birthday.

Daily Mirror

Decades-old NASA satellite CRASHES down to Earth and lands in Sahara Desert

The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, known as Rhessi for short, is set to plummet back to the planet’s surface after 21 years in space

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See SpaceX Starship Launch Destroy Dodge Caravan Parked Near Pad

The minivan is still in one piece, which is more than can be said for Starship and the Super Heavy booster which exploded mid-flight.

Irish Mirror

SpaceX Starship explodes during first test flight of rocket due to fly astronauts to Moon

The US space agency, NASA, chose the Starship spacecraft to bring astronauts to the Moon in 2025 on a mission known as Artemis III

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SpaceX Starship's explosive test flight: What did we just see?

SpaceX's Starship packed a lot of action into its four minutes of flight today (April 20). Here are some important moments that caught our eye.

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SpaceX Starship's debut launch attempt seen from space (satellite photos)

An American weather satellite witnessed the semi-successful debut launch of SpaceX's Starship megarocket from space.

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See dwarf planet Haumea at its closest to Earth in 285 years tonight

Dwarf planet Haumea reaches both opposition and perigee on April 20, making this a prime opportunity to see the dwarf planet in the night sky.

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