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Scientists discover signs of 'modern' glacier on Mars

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March 17, 2023
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The Launchpad
Scientists discover signs of 'modern' glacier on Mars
(NASA MRO HiRISE and CRISM false color composite. Lee et al. 2023)
Such a discovery could have significant implications for future human exploration on the Red Planet.
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Watch SpaceX launch 2 rockets in less than 5 hours today
(SpaceX via Twitter)
The liftoffs are scheduled for 3:26 p.m. ET and 7:38 p.m. ET.
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Space Deal of the Day
Orion telescopes and binocular deals 2023
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We've scoped out the best Orion telescope and binoculars deals on the market and put them in this handy guide.
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Spaceflight
NASA selects Firefly Aerospace for lunar far side mission
(Firefly Aerospace)
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to land payloads on the moon and send another into orbit to provide communications with the lunar far side.
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Virgin Orbit pauses operations while it looks for funding
(Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson)
The launch company has furloughed most of its staff, according to media reports.
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Science & Astronomy
Europa's buried ocean may alter rotation of its icy shell
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image processing by Bjรถrn Jรณnsson CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Turbulent, swirling currents in Europa's subsurface sea may influence the spin and geology of the moon's icy crust.
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SpaceX
SpaceX delivers new science experiments to ISS
(German Aerospace Center (DLR))
A fresh round of science on the ISS includes an experiment that could potentially shed light on the origins of life on Earth.
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Technology
'Beach ball' space antenna aims to boost communications
(Freefall Aerospace)
The University of Arizona's 'CatSat' will launch atop a Firefly Alpha rocket on a to-be-determined date.
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Solving space junk problem may require lasers, NASA says
(Getty Images)
A new NASA report finds the space debris problem could be greatly reduced in as little as 10 years, with a little help from lasers or space tugs.
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Entertainment
Astronaut stars in 'Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'
(Disney+)
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space, and her March 18 episode runs during Women's History Mont
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