Thursday, August 19, 2021

Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing transition zone on Red Planet (video)

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The Launchpad
Mars rover Curiosity reaches intriguing transition zone on Red Planet (video)
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has rolled into a patch of ground that could shed considerable light on the Red Planet's climate history.
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Liftoff is at 6:23 p.m. EDT (2223 GMT; 3:23 a.m. Aug. 20 local time at Baikonur. Tune in 20 minutes earlier here.
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Spaceflight
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting Aug. 25 for next spaceflight
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Blue Origin is targeting Aug. 25 for the next flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, company representatives announced today (Aug. 18).
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See what's up in the night sky, what's launching to space (and when)!
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Science & Astronomy
Chinese astronomers eye Tibetan Plateau site for observatory project
Chinese astronomers hope to establish a major observatory program on the roof of the world, the Tibetan Plateau, with new research arguing for pristine observing conditions nestled in the uplands.
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Wildfires in Siberia have emitted more carbon dioxide in two and half months than the world's sixth most polluting country emits in a year.
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he Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft listened to the sound of the solar wind at Venus as it flew just 340 miles (550 kilometers) above the planet's surface during a maneuver designed to adjust its path.
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SpaceX
SpaceX's giant Super Heavy rocket spotted from space in satellite photo
On Aug. 9, Maxar Technologies' WorldView-3 satellite snapped a great shot of SpaceX's "Starbase" facility in South Texas, where the company is building and testing its Starship deep-space transportation system.
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Starlink satellites might soon be involved in 90% of close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit.
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Skywatching
See Jupiter at its biggest and brightest this week
Spotting Jupiter is a breeze this week for the naked eye as it reaches its biggest and brightest moment in the night sky. Telescope-hunters will also get a treat looking for moons and atmospheric bands.
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Entertainment
Lego Education unveils Spike Essentials to teach kids STEAM subjects
Lego Education has unveiled Spike Essentials as part of its Lego learning system to help teachers and encourage students in STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Mathematics) subjects.
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The dark, dystopian sci-fi thriller about an astronaut's return to Earth drops Aug. 27.
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