Friday, March 3, 2023

Chinese spacecraft has been checking out US satellites

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The Launchpad
Chinese spacecraft has been checking out US satellites
(ESA – L. Boldt-Christmas)
The Chinese satellite TJS-3 has been inspecting other countries' assets in geostationary orbit.
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SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts arrive at space station
(NASA TV)
SpaceX's Crew-6 astronaut mission arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday morning (March 3), but not without a little drama.
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Space Deal of the Day
SkySafari 7 astronomy app is up to 60% off on app stores
(SkySafari - Simulation Curriculum Corp)
SkySafari 7 stargazing app is as low as $2.99, giving astronomers savings of over 50% on the 'Plus' and 'Pro' versions of the app which is available for iOS and Android.
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Skywatching
See Jupiter and Venus dance across the twilight sky
(Soumyadeep Mukherjee)
Venus and Jupiter have put on quite a show for skywatchers in recent weeks.
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Science & Astronomy
Moon-dust shield could help fight climate change on Earth
(NASA)
The proposed solution isn't perfect but could help buy us some time, researchers say.
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Artemis astronauts may be able to spray away moon dust
(NASA)
There may finally be a solution to the moon dust problem.
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Spaceflight
Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars on 46th Red Planet flight
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The helicopter flew a third of a mile on the surface on Feb. 25, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday (March 1).
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China selects astronauts for 2023 space station missions
(CCTV)
Chinese astronaut crews are usually revealed only a day ahead of launch.
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Search for Life
Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets
(Dan Seitz)
How a trip to the Arctic could help researchers build better tools for planetary exploration.
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Star Trek
'Picard' episode 3 heats things up between Jean-Luc, Riker
(Paramount Plus)
The legendary Picard arrogance lives on in the 3rd installment entitled "Seventeen Seconds."
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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Watch SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts arrive at space station

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March 2, 2023
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The Launchpad
SpaceX launches Crew-6 mission to space station
(NASA/Frank Michaux)
Crew-6 is expected to dock with the International Space Station early Friday morning (March 3).
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Watch Crew-6 astronauts arrive at space station Friday
(NASA/Kjell Lindgren)
Docking is expected to occur at 1:17 a.m. ET on Friday (March 3).
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Space Deal of the Day
Best night vision binoculars 2023: Spot subjects in the dark
(Getty and Hexeum)
All the best night vision binoculars, goggles and monoculars are especially helpful for seeing in the dark, particularly during the longer winter nights.
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Skywatching
The auroras of February 2023 are a feast for stargazers
(Shari Hunt)
A series of powerful solar storms set the sky ablaze in the last two days of February, with aurora sightings reported unexpectedly far away from their usual territories.
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Science & Astronomy
Hubble sees strange changes in asteroid after DART
(SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jian-Yang Li (PSI) IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))
Science continues to roll in from DART's epic September 2022 asteroid crash.
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What NASA has learned months after DART asteroid crash
(NASA/JHUAPL)
We now know that we can knock an asteroid off course.
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SpaceX
SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts reflect on their time in orbit
(NASA)
The four spaceflyers have spent an eventful five months off Earth.
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SpaceX gearing up to launch 2 private astronaut missions
(NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The private Ax-2 and Polaris Dawn missions appear to be next on SpaceX's crewed-flight manifest.
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Spaceflight
NASA hails SpaceX's 'beautiful' Crew-6 astronaut launch
(NASA/Joel Kowsky)
SpaceX just sent another batch of astronauts toward the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA couldn't be happier.
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Star Wars
Lego's new Executor Super Star Destroyer looks fantastic
(Lego)
The brand new model ship is available to pre-order in celebration of The Return Of The Jedi's 40th anniversary.
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Denuo Novo The Mandalorian Helmet review
(Ian Stokes)
It's the closest most of us will get to looking like Pedro Pascal.
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