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Commercial crew has no problem adapting to life on space station
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Hydrogen leak halts tanking test for Artemis moon rocket
NASA’s Space Launch System on Launch Complex 39B, with gaseous oxygen vapors venting from the top of the core stage during a cryogenic tanking test Thursday. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
A hydrogen leak near the connection between NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket and its mobile launch platform foiled another attempt Thursday to pump cryogenic propellants into the towering mega-booster at the Kennedy Space Center.
U.S. intelligence-gathering payloads awaiting launch on SpaceX rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits horizontal Thursday at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Central Coast just after sunrise Friday, boosting a classified cargo into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office on what is widely believed to be a naval reconnaissance mission.
NASA calls off 3rd attempt to fuel up Artemis 1 moon rocket
Today (April 14), NASA called off the latest attempt to fuel up Artemis 1's huge Space Launch System rocket, a crucial part of the mission's pre-launch "wet dress rehearsal."
Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds
A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.
A Fleet of Space Telescopes Flying in Formation Could Reveal Details on Exoplanets
We’ve found thousands of exoplanets in the last couple of decades. We’ve discovered exoplanets unlike anything in our own Solar System. But even with all we’ve found, it seems like there’s more and more to discover. Space scientists of all types are always working on the next generation of missions, which is certainly true for exoplanets.
Frosty Mars crater sparkles in new NASA photo
Frost extends across the surface of a southern crater on Mars in a new photo of the Red Planet.
Searching for Intelligence on Earth
Space exploration can serve as an antidote to war. And vice versa.
French court revokes SpaceX's Starlink internet license, citing monopolization concerns
France's highest court revoked SpaceX's license to provide internet services via its Starlink megaconstellation, citing monopolization concerns due to the size of the company's operations.
Purging the (extremely) unclean in 'Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters'
We went hands-on with the upcoming 'Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters.' For the Emperor!
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for a reported $43 billion in cash
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter. The SpaceX and Tesla chief announced his bid to buy the social media company Thursday (April 14).
How GPS satellite signal jamming works, and what we can do about it
The recent Russian signal attacks against Ukraine mark one of the first times we have seen this strategy 'in theater,' an analyst said.
Apollo 11 Moon Dust Sells at Auction for a Cool Half Million
A lunar moon dust sample with a strange history made its way to the auction block yesterday.
Brrr. Webb’s MIRI has Reached 6.4 Kelvin, Just a few Degrees Above Absolute Zero
The latest update on the James Webb Space Telescope literally sent a shiver down my spine! The telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) has now reached its operating temperature of a chilly 7 kelvins (7 deg above absolute 0, or -266 degrees C,-447 degrees F).
Hubble Confirms Comet C/2014 UN271 is an Absolute Unit, Astronomically Speaking
It’s official. Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) has the largest nucleus ever seen in a comet. The gargantuan comet was discovered in the fall of 2021, and in January 2022, astronomers turned the Hubble Space Telescope to ascertain more details and determine the exact size.
Ukrainian startup Promin Aerospace tests engine for new 'self-devouring' rocket
Over the past few months, Promin Aerospace has proven its concept of a unique self-burning rocket, an idea based on autophagic, or "self-devouring," technology.
Trading dress-up for lift-off, Barbie flies on space station for first time
After almost 60 years of dressing up like an astronaut, Barbie has launched into space for real. Two of the iconic fashion dolls are now on the International Space Station for "Mission DreamStar."
Pop goes the Moon
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A satisfying, audible ‘pop’ marked a successful piercing of the sealed Apollo 17 sample container using the ESA designed and built piercing tool. The tool forms part of a gas sampling system with a gas extraction manifold, designed and built by Washington University St Louis, USA.
Solar storm could supercharge northern lights as far south as New York
After a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch even farther south than usual.
Live coverage: NASA trying again today to complete Artemis 1 countdown test
Live coverage of the wet dress rehearsal for the Space Launch System on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
