Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Mars helicopter spies Perseverance rover (stunning photo)

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August 8, 2023
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The Launchpad
Mars helicopter spies Perseverance rover (stunning photo)
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Here's a view you don't see every day.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance poses for an epic snapshot by its tiny helicopter Ingenuity in this stunning photo. But the rover may have some complaints for Ingenuity, which cut off its head!
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Space Quiz! When was Boeing's 1st Starliner test flight?
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight for NASA has been delayed until March 2024, but when did the 1st UNCREWED test launch? Learn the answer HERE!
VoteMay 19, 2022
VoteDec. 20, 2019
VoteMarch 31, 2024
VoteMay 5, 2020
Skywatching
See the moon dance with the Seven Sisters
(Starry Night Software)
The moon will make a close approach to the Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades star cluster before dawn early on Aug. 9. Here's where and when to look for you early-bird stargazers.
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Stay up late to see the half-lit moon tonight!
(NASA)
If you can't wake up before dawn to see the moon shine with the Pleiades, don't fret. Late tonight (but earlier than dawn, of course) you can still marvel at the quarter moon as the it reaches its midpoint of illumination for its currently lunar cycle. Here's what to look for and when.
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Spaceflight
Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch to 2024
(NASA)
After years of delay, Boeing has added a few months more.

In a press conference on Aug. 7, Boeing and NASA pushed back the first crewed test flight of the Starliner spacecraft to no earlier than March 2024, and even that target is not certain. Here's what we know about the long and winding road for Starliner so far.
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Science & Astronomy
AI algorithm discovers 'potentially hazardous' asteroid
(ATLAS/University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy/NASA)
The roughly 600-foot-wide (180 meters) asteroid has received the designation 2022 SF289, and is expected to approach Earth to within 140,000 miles (225,000 kilometers). That distance is shorter than that between our planet and the moon, which are on average, 238,855 miles (384,400 km) apart.
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SpaceX
SpaceX launches MORE Starlink satellites (video)
SpaceX launched 15 more of its Starlink internet satellites Monday night and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea. It was the second Starlink launch in the last two days.
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Technology
Astroscale to capture old space junk with robotic arm in 2026
(Astroscale)
A lightweight version of the International Space Station's robotic arm will help space sustainability company Astroscale remove decades-old space junk from Earth's orbit in the first mission of its kind.
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Star Trek
New 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' crossover featurette!
(Paramount Plus)
The trippy storyline of the "Those Old Scientists" episode, directed by "Star Trek" royalty Jonathan Frakes from a fun script by Kathryn Lyn & Bill Wolkoff, includes a time portal incident that sends "Lower Decks" Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler tumbling back in time 120 years, where Captain Pike and his 23rd century Enterprise crew need to return them to their existence before they change the timeline.
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