Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket generate sonic boom during landing

NASA may return Starliner astronauts on SpaceX Dragon | NASA moon probe plays laser tag with lunar lander | Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more
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The Launchpad
NASA may return Starliner astronauts on SpaceX Dragon
(NASA)
"We're in a kind of a new situation here."
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NASA moon probe plays laser tag with lunar lander
(JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been playing a very interesting game of hide-and-seek with Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), which touched down on the lunar surface on Jan. 19.
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Skywatching
Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more
(Starry Night)
A brighter, more obvious crescent moon will tonight be positioned about halfway between Venus, to its lower right, and bright star Spica, to its upper left.
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Spaceflight
China launches 1st satellites for planned megaconstellation
(CCTV)
China has begun building a huge satellite-internet constellation in low Earth orbit that could include as many as 14,000 satellites.
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Private launch numbers will double by 2028, FAA says
(Rocket Lab)
We could see up to 338 U.S. commercial launches a year by 2028, according to an FAA forecast.
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Science & Astronomy
Over 300 hidden planet-devouring stars found in Milky Way
(NASA, ESSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI))
"The inside of the planet is literally being seared onto the surface of the star for us to look at."
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SpaceX
Watch Falcon 9 rocket generate sonic boom during landing
(SpaceX)
The tracking footage shows the booster's return to Earth in great detail.
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Telescopes & Binoculars
Unistellar Odyssey review
(Jase Parnell-Brookes)
The Unistellar Odyssey and Odyssey Pro smart telescopes are the smallest and lightest reflector telescopes the company has to offer and they're now fully autonomous with the press of a button.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Private Cygnus freighter arrives at ISS with 4 tons of cargo

Private Cygnus freighter arrives at ISS with 4 tons of cargo | 3 sun mysteries we still haven't cracked | 'Wonder material' in lunar samples hints at moon's origins
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Private Cygnus freighter arrives at ISS with 4 tons of cargo
(NASA)
Northrop Grumman's robotic Cygnus freighter reached the International Space Station (ISS) early Tuesday morning (Aug. 6), carrying about 4 tons of supplies to the orbiting lab.
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3 sun mysteries we still haven't cracked
(Javier Zayas Photography via Getty Images)
Our understanding of the sun has come a long way in recent decades, but there are still multiple outstanding mysteries that current and future missions hope to solve.
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Science & Astronomy
'Wonder material' in lunar samples hints at moon's origins
(Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA)
"This finding may reinvent the understanding of chemical components, geography episodes and the history of the moon."
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Venus may have mirrored our planet more than expected
(Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA)
New research may have brought Earth and its inhospitable, "evil twin" even closer together.
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SpaceX
New Starlink satellites are way brighter than the originals
(Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory)
SpaceX Starlink satellites designed to connect directly to smartphones shine nearly five times brighter in the sky than traditional Starlinks, according to recent research.
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Technology
Satellites watch Hurricane Debby make landfall in Florida
(NOAA)
Debby is the fourth named storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, which forecasters have warned will be a busy one.
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How satellite tech made it into 2024 Olympic swimsuits
(ari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
2024 Paris Olympics swimsuits use water repellent technology similar to the kind found on satellites.
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