Friday, August 9, 2024

Auroras could join Perseid meteor shower this weekend

Here's how SpaceX could carry Boeing Starliner crew home | Auroras could join Perseid meteor shower this weekend | Chinese rocket creates cloud of space junk
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August 9, 2024
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The Launchpad
Here's how SpaceX could carry Boeing Starliner crew home
(SpaceX)
NASA isn't sure yet if it will bring its Starliner astronauts home from the International Space Station in the Boeing capsule or put them on a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
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Auroras could join Perseid meteor shower this weekend
(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
What's better than one dazzling night sky phenomenon? Two of course!
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Spaceflight
Chinese rocket creates cloud of space junk
(Slingshot Aerospace)
The Aug. 7 incident created more than 300 pieces of trackable debris.
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Space Force will make history with SpaceX Crew-9 mission
(USSF)
When Crew-9 lifts off no earlier than Sept. 24, Space Force will be launching one of their own active servicemembers from their own launch complex for the first time ever.
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Science & Astronomy
Over 350 asteroids have hidden moons, Gaia finds
(ESA/Gaia/DPAC)
"This discovery shows that there are many asteroid moons out there just waiting to be found."
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Technology
Space Perspective unveils balloon mothership boat
(Space Perspective)
The first-ever "marine spaceport" is now complete and begins preparing for launches of balloons transporting tourists to the edge of space.
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Search for Life
Nearby star systems could be targets in search for life
(NASA/CXC/M.Weiss)
"We have identified stars where the habitable zone's X-ray radiation environment is similar to or even milder than the one in which Earth evolved."
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Entertainment
The spaceships of the Alien movies
(20th Century Fox)
Alien: Romulus is almost here, so we're diving back into all things Alien, including the coolest spaceships the movies have had so far. These are our favorites.
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