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NASA honored its fallen space explorers during its annual "Day of Remembrance" on Thursday (Jan. 23). The agency held events at a number of its facilities around the nation, including Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida and Johnson Space Center in Houston. The proceedings commemorated the lives lost in NASA's three space tragedies - the Apollo 1 fire in January 1967, the space shuttle Challenger explosion in January 1986 and the shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003.
On Episode 145 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik meet the authors of a new book about spaceflight called "Star Bound: A Beginner's Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard's Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between," Emily Carney and Bruce McCandless III.
The "Starlink satellite train" has become a captivating sight for skywatchers, offering a glimpse of the future of global internet coverage. This dazzling spectacle occurs shortly after SpaceX launches a new batch of its Starlink satellites - part of the megaconstellation that provides high-speed internet worldwide. On clear nights, you may spot these satellites as they streak across the sky, resembling a string of bright, evenly spaced lights.
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has had an impact on astronomy since its launch on Christmas Day 2021 that cannot be overestimated. This influence has extended from studies of objects within the solar system to the very edge of observable space and, thus, the earliest imaginable galaxies.
No matter what side of the galaxy you're on regarding your opinion of Paramount+'s first-ever direct-to-streaming "Star Trek" film, "Section 31," we can at least all agree (hopefully) that the fun cameo at the very end of the movie was unexpectedly amusing and does leave an opening for a potential sequel.
