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WATCH: SpaceX Conducts Starship’s Sixth Flight Test, Scraps SUPER HEAVY Catch
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 5 p.m. ET. […]
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Progress 90 Spacecraft Set to Launch Nov. 21 from Baikonur Cosmodrome to International Space Station
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station. […]
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SPACE NEWS: Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final major delivery: the Optical Telescope Assembly, which includes a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror, nine additional mirrors, and supporting structures and electronics. […]
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WATCH: SpaceX Launches NSIL GSAT-N2 Mission from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX is targeting Monday, November 18 for Falcon 9’s launch of the NSIL GSAT-N2 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spots Aftermath of Galaxy’s Scrape with Milky Way
A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga. […]
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WATCH: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, November 17 for a Falcon 9 launch of the TD7 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Takes a Look at Tangled Galaxies
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image depicts the cosmic tangle that is MCG+05-31-045, a pair of interacting galaxies located 390 million light-years away and a part of the Coma galaxy cluster. […]
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NASA HISTORY: Astronauts Newman and Walz Conducted ‘Carribean’ Spacewalk During STS-51 Mission
In this photo taken on Sept. 16, 1993, NASA astronauts James H. Newman (left), and Carl E. Walz evaluate procedures and gear for an upcoming Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission with the Caribbean Sea and part of the Bahama Islands chain in view. […]
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NASA Awards $60 Million Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build three coronagraphs for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program. […]
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WATCH: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Thursday from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites, to low-Earth orbit on Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Lifts Off From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1981
Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, orbital, spacecraft on a pillar of fire from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. […]
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SPACE NEWS: NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon Interiors
(NASA) – NASA-supported scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new study looks at the effects of body tides on objects that don’t have a perfectly spherical interior structure, which is an assumption of most previous models. […]
