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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
New stellar danger to planets identified by Chandra
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 21, 2023
Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a phase during which intense X-rays from exploded stars can affect planets over 100 light-years away. This result, as outlined in our latest press release, has implication for the study of exoplanets and their habitability.
This newly found threat co
Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a phase during which intense X-rays from exploded stars can affect planets over 100 light-years away. This result, as outlined in our latest press release, has implication for the study of exoplanets and their habitability.
This newly found threat co
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Up and Soon, Away: Perseverance Continues Exploring the Upper Fan
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 21, 2023
After our exploration of a boulder field last week, Perseverance is continuing the Upper Fan campaign. We have driven to Echo Creek, from which we also have a view of Belva Crater. Along our journey, we have seen many interesting rocks. These include a lumpy rock that the team named "Blueberry Island", seen in the above Mastcam-Z image (Sol 765). This rock may be a conglomerate (sedimentary) roc
After our exploration of a boulder field last week, Perseverance is continuing the Upper Fan campaign. We have driven to Echo Creek, from which we also have a view of Belva Crater. Along our journey, we have seen many interesting rocks. These include a lumpy rock that the team named "Blueberry Island", seen in the above Mastcam-Z image (Sol 765). This rock may be a conglomerate (sedimentary) roc
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes during first test flight
Boca Chica And Medford Colonia, United States (AFP) April 20, 2023
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on Thursday, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an "exciting" test of the next-generation spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
SpaceX blew up the uncrewed rocket four minutes after it blasted off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on Thursday, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an "exciting" test of the next-generation spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
SpaceX blew up the uncrewed rocket four minutes after it blasted off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the SpaceX spaceport in
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Rockets soar during NASA student launch competition
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2023
More than 40 high-powered, amateur rockets successfully launched April 15, in North Alabama, each carrying a scientific payload nearly one-mile-high above ground level, as part of a NASA student competition.
"These are sophisticated rockets with advanced payloads, each meeting strict NASA requirements," said Fred Kepner, NASA's activity lead for the launch. "Students are demonstrating the
More than 40 high-powered, amateur rockets successfully launched April 15, in North Alabama, each carrying a scientific payload nearly one-mile-high above ground level, as part of a NASA student competition.
"These are sophisticated rockets with advanced payloads, each meeting strict NASA requirements," said Fred Kepner, NASA's activity lead for the launch. "Students are demonstrating the
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Next-Gen suit for NASA's work for space station missions debuts
Paris (ESA) Apr 21, 2023
A next-generation spacesuit - in effect an astronaut's personal spaceship - will advance NASA's spacewalking capabilities in low Earth orbit and at the International Space Station.
Collins Aerospace, working with partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering, is designing and building a new suit for NASA. Designed to fit the diverse astronaut corps size range and provide a broader range of motion, th
A next-generation spacesuit - in effect an astronaut's personal spaceship - will advance NASA's spacewalking capabilities in low Earth orbit and at the International Space Station.
Collins Aerospace, working with partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering, is designing and building a new suit for NASA. Designed to fit the diverse astronaut corps size range and provide a broader range of motion, th
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Russia releases first feature film shot in space
Moscow (AFP) April 20, 2023
The first feature film shot in space premiered in Russian cinemas on Thursday, as Moscow delighted in beating a rival Hollywood project amid a confrontation with the West over Ukraine.
"The Challenge" is about a surgeon dispatched to the International Space Station (ISS) to save an injured cosmonaut.
Russia sent an actress and a film director for a 12-day stint on the ISS in October 20
The first feature film shot in space premiered in Russian cinemas on Thursday, as Moscow delighted in beating a rival Hollywood project amid a confrontation with the West over Ukraine.
"The Challenge" is about a surgeon dispatched to the International Space Station (ISS) to save an injured cosmonaut.
Russia sent an actress and a film director for a 12-day stint on the ISS in October 20
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
A message to meteorite hunters: Put down your magnets!
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 21, 2023
Each year, thousands of space rocks pierce through the Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground as meteorites. These fragments of comets and asteroids can land anywhere but are most often spotted in open terrain, such as the deserts of Africa and the Antarctic blue ice, where a meteorite's blackened exterior can stand out.
Still, these extraterrestrial remnants can resemble Earth rocks, and t
Each year, thousands of space rocks pierce through the Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground as meteorites. These fragments of comets and asteroids can land anywhere but are most often spotted in open terrain, such as the deserts of Africa and the Antarctic blue ice, where a meteorite's blackened exterior can stand out.
Still, these extraterrestrial remnants can resemble Earth rocks, and t
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Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
SpaceX searches for answers after Starship's fiery demise
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2023
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX's Starship hours after a test launch from Texas ended with the destruction of the spacecraft and its booster.
While the spacecraft cleared the launch pad, the Super Heavy booster carrying it failed to separate from the second stage and subsequently exploded.
The rocket lifted off at 9:33 a.m. EDT and reached the altitude where s
The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX's Starship hours after a test launch from Texas ended with the destruction of the spacecraft and its booster.
While the spacecraft cleared the launch pad, the Super Heavy booster carrying it failed to separate from the second stage and subsequently exploded.
The rocket lifted off at 9:33 a.m. EDT and reached the altitude where s
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Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:59
Old NASA satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert
An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency reported Thursday.
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Thursday, 20 April 2023 12:47
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
SpaceX's giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off Thursday on it first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Elon Musk's company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites.
Images showed multiple engines weren't working on the 33-engine rocket as it climbed from the launch pad, reaching as high as 24 miles (39 kilometers.)
The flight plan had called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn't happen. The rocket began to tumble and then exploded four minutes into the flight, plummeting into the gulf.
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