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A message to Ukraine? Cosmonauts wear yellow-and-blue flight suits for trip to space station

The fashion choices of three cosmonauts who just arrived at the International Space Station are raising some eyebrows.

NASA’s most powerful rocket moved to launch pad for first time

NASA’s Space Launch System rolls eastbound toward pad 39B. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now

NASA’s powerful new moon rocket, standing more than 30 stories tall, arrived on the launch pad early Friday for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ready for a series of checkouts culminating in fueling test and simulated countdown in early April.

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Live coverage: SpaceX fleet-leader ready for another Starlink launch

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-12 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.

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Chris Hadfield Drives in the Desert With a new Lunar Rover Prototype

As the Apollo astronauts found out, mobility is everything. Apollo’s Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) – sometimes called the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy – completely changed how the astronauts could explore the lunar surface.

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The Building Blocks of Earth Could Have Come From Farther out in the Solar System

Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago via accretion. Earth’s building blocks were chunks of rock of varying sizes. From dust to planetesimals and everything in between. Many of those chunks of rock were carbonaceous meteorites, which scientists think came from asteroids in the outer reaches of the main asteroid belt.

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3 Russian cosmonauts arrive at space station after 3.5-hour orbital chase (video)

Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station today (March 18), wrapping up a brief orbital chase.

Astronomy Jargon 101: Local Group

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Get your friends together to talk about today’s topic: the Local Group!

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2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed by a few days

We'll have to wait a little longer to see SpaceX's next two astronaut missions take flight.

Europe's Mars rover now unlikely to launch before 2026 after Russia's war on Ukraine

The European ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch before 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) admitted, as it ponders ways forward for the beleaguered mission.

Soyuz launches to space station with first all-Russian cosmonaut crew in 22 years

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has lifted off for the International Space Station with Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, the first all-Russian career-cosmonaut crew in more than 20 years.

Pulsar Shoots 7-light-year-long Phaser Blast

Nature proves truth is still stranger than fiction: A pulsar has shot energetic particles in a thin, straight line that extends for light-years into space. The discovery might explain how antimatter makes its way to Earth.

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Un-Earthing planetary defense: Studying extraterrestrial bodies could help defend Earth from future impact threats (op-ed)

When the Psyche mission launches this summer, and when the DART spacecraft crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos this fall, be sure to raise a glass to science.

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New picture, but a familiar face.

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There are Deposits of ice at Mercury's Poles too

Although the Arecibo radio telescope is no more, it continues to deliver scientific discoveries. There is a wealth of Arecibo data astronomers continue to mine for new discoveries, and one of them is thanks to an astronomical technique known as planetary radar.

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Saturn shines with Venus and Mars before dawn this month. Here's where and when.

Saturn will join Venus and Mars in the early morning sky this month, and here’s how you can catch the trio in action.

Best Lego space sets 2022: NASA Lego sets, Marvel spaceships, and more

If you like your Lego with an intergalactic theme, we’ve got you covered. Here are the best Lego space sets you can currently buy.

Now That is a Big Rocket. Space Launch System Rolls out to the Launch pad for a Series of Tests

Under the full Moon, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket rolled out to the launchpad for the first time. The journey began at the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, with the gigantic stack of the mega rocket arriving at Launch Pad 39B in preparation for a series of final checkouts before its Artemis I test flight.

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NASA Releases Details on how Starship Will be Part of its Return to the Moon

The path back to the moon is long and fraught with danger, both in the real, physical sense and also in the contractual, legal sense.  NASA, the agency sponsoring the largest government-backed lunar program, Artemis, has already been feeling the pain on the contractual end.  Legal battles have delayed the development of a critical component of the Artemis program – the Human Landing System (HLS).  But now, the ball has started rolling again, and a NASA manager recently reported the progress and future vision of this vital part of the mission to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers at a conference.

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Week in images: 14 - 18 March 2022

Week in images: 14 - 18 March 2022

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