Tuesday, December 21, 2021

SpaceX aces 100th rocket landing after Dragon cargo ship launch

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December 21, 2021
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The Launchpad
SpaceX aces 100th rocket landing after Dragon cargo ship launch
(NASA TV)
SpaceX's Dragon launch will deliver NASA supplies and Christmas gifts to the station this week. But it's 100th rocket landing marked a milestone for reusability.
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Winter solstice 2021 brings the year's longest night to Northern Hemisphere
(NASA)
The winter solstice of 2021 occurred today, marking the official beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and it brings good news: The days will start getting longer again
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How to watch NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launch online on Christmas Eve
(NASA)
Liftoff of NASA's new giant space telescope is set for Dec. 24 at 7:20 a.m. EST (1220 GMT). Here's how to watch it in English and Spanish broadcasts.
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Spaceflight
Japan to launch a huge communications satellite on Wednesday. How to watch live.
(Inmarsat)
The huge Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite is scheduled to launch atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket Wednesday from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan during a two-hour window that opens at 9:33 a.m. EST (1433 GMT; 11:33 p.m. local time at Tanegashima).
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Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly on SpaceX's Crew-5 mission to space station
(Roscosmos)
NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos are finalizing an agreement to launch the first cosmonaut on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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New videos show Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's life in space
(NASA TV)
Yusaku Maezawa apparently had a lot of fun showing off what life is like on the International Space Station.
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Science & Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope: The engineering behind a 'first light machine' that is not allowed to fail
(Pixabay)
It's the most complex and expensive space observatory ever built. Here's how the James Webb Space Telescope has pushed engineers and technologies to their limits.
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Weird quantum objects known as Q balls could explain why we exist
(Pixabay)
Theoretical "lumps" called Q balls formed in the moments after the Big Bang.
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Technology
Houston, you are go for a spacewalk: 'The Infinite' launches VR space station tours
(Felix & Paul Studios/PHI Studio)
"You look down you see planet Earth, you look around, you see the gigantic space station and the astronauts - there's something vertiginous about it."
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Skywatching
The Ursid meteor shower peaks tonight. Don't expect to see many 'shooting stars.'
(Samuel De Roman/Getty Images)
The Ursid meteor shower of 2021 will peak overnight tonight, but don't expect a brilliant display of shooting stars. Here's why.
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