SpaceX says its 2nd Starship test flight could launch on Nov. 17 (video)
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SpaceX has launched a website for its Starship Second Flight Test, as it does for each mission, and will share a live webcast on the page on Nov. 17 -- if the launch does indeed occur on that date.
As more people take tourist jaunts into space, and eventually into orbit for longer stays, social drinking will become part of the experience - even if it's just that bottle of congratulatory champagne.
Uranus will be opposite the sun on Monday (Nov. 13), making the ice giant easier to see than usual. Skywatchers will get a helping hand to spot Uranus from the New Moon, which will appear absent from the night sky, thus providing dark conditions.
A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft attached to the ISS fired its engines Friday (Nov. 10) in a space debris avoidance maneuver, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos officials wrote on Telegram.
While galaxies appear to be lonely wanderers in the vast universe, many in fact huddle closely in clusters, held together by their collective gravity. And sometimes, it would appear, they also munch on one another.
The two Boeing-built spacecraft that were aboard the flight will expand the O3b constellation of communication satellites operated by provider SES S.A. of Luxembourg.
JETSON aims to launch a fission reactor that will be started up once in space. The reactor will generate heat, which is then transferred to Stirling power converters to produce electricity. This can then be used to power spacecraft payloads or electric thrusters for propulsion.
The fourth season of the acclaimed drama, which began streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday (Nov. 10), picks up in 2003 - eight years after North Korea became the first country to (crash) land astronauts on Mars, followed by a joint U.S. and Soviet crew and a commercial expedition.
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