Friday, December 23, 2022

NASA astronauts unfurl 4th roll-out solar array on space station

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December 23, 2022
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Artemis 1: Return to the Moon
Orion spacecraft begins cross-country trip home to Florida
(Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images)
After circling the moon, Orion is on a truck and should arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center by the end of the year.
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The Launchpad
Here's how to track Santa on Christmas Eve with NORAD
(NORAD)
From nukes to St. Nick, NORAD uses its early-warning system to track international interlopers.
Full Story: Space (12/23) 
The Christmas night sky 2022: The planets pay a visit
(Starry Night Software)
The Yuletide evening sky is especially rewarding now.
Full Story: Space (12/24) 
POLL QUESTION:
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Space Deal of the Day
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Skywatching
What are sundogs and how do they form?
(Getty Images)
Have you ever taken a walk on a winter's day to find the sun flanked by two bright companions?
Full Story: Space (12/23) 
Science & Astronomy
Webb telescope's 1st year has blown astronomers away
(NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI))
Astronomers are "amazed" and "blown away" by what JWST has achieved so far.
Full Story: Space (12/23) 
Webb telescope spots mesmerizing wreath-like galaxy
(ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans)
Check out that glowing active galactic nucleus.
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
Spaceflight
Hole in Soyuz spacecraft not caused by Geminid meteor
(NASA)
But a strike by another tiny space object is still a possibility.
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
US Space Force practices to win a European conflict
(Space Force)
The service's training for a European conflict comes while a real conflict unfolds in Eastern Europe.
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
Technology
Why do Perseverance's sample tubes look like lightsabers?
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The plan is to ship these tubes back to Earth in the 2030s, where laboratories can get their hands on the samples to look for the signatures of life. But why a lightsaber shape?
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
 
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