Category: Space and Tech
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WATCH LIVE: ARABSAT-6A MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, April 10 for a Falcon Heavy launch of the Arabsat-6A satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA, SpaceX Launch First Flight Test of Space System Designed for Crew
A commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket, launched from American soil for the first time in history.
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Successful touchdown on an asteroid.
the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 touched down on the surface of the target asteroid Ryugu for sample retrieval
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Odd sand dunes found on Mars
Just like Earth, Mars has sand dunes.On February 14, 2019, NASA’s Mars orbiter, Odyssey has revealed a large dune field that is shaped roughly like a hexagon on the crater floor in the Terra Cimmeria section of the southern highland region of the planet.
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Opportunity Mission Ends
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, the mission of NASA’s Opportunity comes to an end after 15 years of exploring the surface of Mars.
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Predicting Droughts Months in Advance
Researchers in Australia are in the process of using new space technology to predict droughts and increased brush fire risk close to five months in advance.
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Disappearing Iridium Flares
Iridium flares are disappearing from our skies. These flares are the visible phenomenon caused by the reflective surfaces of the panels of passing Iridium satellites reflecting sunlight toward the Earth
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Breaks Record After Orbiting Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft carried out a single, eight-second burn of its thrusters and entered into orbit around the asteroid Bennu, becoming the smallest object ever to be orbited by a spacecraft.
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China’s Chang’e 4 Probe Lands on the Far Side of the Moon
A spacecraft that belongs to the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) has just landed on a previously unexplored region on the far side of the moon.
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You Are Here: First Lockheed Martin-Built Next Generation GPS III Satellite Responding to Commands
Launch of the first GPS III satellite begins the modernization of the GPS constellation