Friday, August 19, 2022

Watch SpaceX launch 53 Starlink satellites, land a rocket at sea today

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The Launchpad
NASA will unveil Artemis 3 moon landing sites for astronauts today! Watch it live.
(NASA)
NASA will unveil potential future landing sites for a human return to the surface of the moon, and you can watch the briefing at 2 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) today!
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The most massive star in the universe may be smaller than thought, images show
(International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
The universe's most massive known star just got its best ever close-up, and it reveals the star might be smaller than astronomers previously thought. Here's what we know.
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Watch SpaceX launch 53 Starlink satellites, land a rocket at sea today
(SpaceX)
SpaceX will launch 53 more of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea today (Aug. 19), and you can watch it all live. The launch is scheduled for 3:21 p.m. ET, that is literally a 3-2-1 liftoff!
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Space Deals
StarCraft: Remastered is free on Prime Gaming for a limited time
(Blizzard)
Rediscover a classic as Starcraft remastered is now free to buy for Prime members on Prime Gaming, with the deal available until August 31.
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Skywatching
Stephan's Quintet: 'It's a Wonderful Life' - and a wonderful James Webb Space Telescope image!
(NASA)
A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered.
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Science & Astronomy
NASA selects four astrophysics missions for further study
(ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.)
Four astrophysics mission proposals to study stars, galaxies and some of the most violent explosions in the universe have been selected for further study by NASA. The selected missions are competing for funding as part of NASA's Explorers Program and were announced by the agency on Thursday, Aug. 18.
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Watch NASA's Jupiter icy moon explorer come together in a new video
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NASA's Europa Clipper probe, which will look for traces of life on Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa, is coming together at an assembly lab that saw the birth of some of the space agency's most iconic missions. Check it out here!
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SpaceX
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule departs space station for trip back to Earth
(NASA TV)
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule cast off from the International Space Station and began heading back to Earth on Friday (Aug. 19), setting the stage for a weekend splashdown off the coast of Florida.
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Spaceflight
Snoopy is 'home again' on revived NASA poster promoting Artemis I mission success
(NASA)
To celebrate Snoopy's latest spaceflight(opens in new tab) and continue the character's nearly 55-year-old role as a safety mascot and symbol for mission success(opens in new tab), NASA's Space Flight Awareness (SFA) program has a created a new motivational poster based on a design that was first used almost 30 years ago(opens in new tab).
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