#Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground

#Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground

“#Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground” MEXICO CITY — Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and not just from the world’s richest, biggest nations. Take Latin America. On Feb. 17, the congress in Nicaragua, one of the region’s poorest, most conflict-prone nations, approved…

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#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

“#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to end the company’s second crew flight. It would be the first U.S. splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8′s crew returned from the…

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#SpaceX craft close call with UFO after launching into orbit

#SpaceX craft close call with UFO after launching into orbit

“#SpaceX craft close call with UFO after launching into orbit” Enlarge Image The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor, carrying four astronauts, approaches the International Space Station orbiting the Earth April 24, 2021. Mike Hopkins/NASA/Handout via REUTERS SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavor spacecraft had a close call with an unidentified object before successfully reaching the International Space…

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#SpaceX astronauts board International Space Station

#SpaceX astronauts board International Space Station

“#SpaceX astronauts board International Space Station” Four astronauts have successfully reached the International Space Station after launching into the final frontier early Friday morning. “Soft capture confirmed! Crew Dragon Endeavour arrived at the @Space_Station for the second time in its history,” NASA said in a tweet Saturday. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, left, approaches to…

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#SpaceX launches astronauts on recycled rocket for first time

#SpaceX launches astronauts on recycled rocket for first time

“#SpaceX launches astronauts on recycled rocket for first time” NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX made history Friday, propelling a team of astronauts into orbit on a recycled rocket and capsule previously used on a space mission. The spacecraft took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Friday morning and is headed…

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#NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air

#NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air

“#NASA extracts breathable oxygen from thin Martian air” NASA has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into pure, breathable oxygen, the US space agency said on Wednesday. The unprecedented extraction of oxygen, literally out of thin air on Mars, was achieved Tuesday by an…

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#NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface

#NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface

“#NASA’s Ingenuity succeeds in historic flight over Mars’ surface” NASA’s 4-pound Ingenuity helicopter made history early Monday — becoming the first powered, controlled aircraft to fly on another planet. Results rolled in shortly before 7 a.m., concluding that the experimental helicopter succeeded in its mission of rising 10 feet above the Martian surface, hovering in…

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#Astronomers announce unprecedented data on famous supermassive black hole

#Astronomers announce unprecedented data on famous supermassive black hole

“#Astronomers announce unprecedented data on famous supermassive black hole” New data released by a team of hundreds of international scientists offers a more comprehensive understanding of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 and the system it powers. A dramatic video announcing the findings promises “unparalleled insight” into the black hole and suggests that the observations could…

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#NASA interested in reality TV competition ‘Space Hero’

#NASA interested in reality TV competition ‘Space Hero’

“#NASA interested in reality TV competition ‘Space Hero’” Got stars in your eyes? Then maybe you have what it takes to be the next “Space Hero” — a new reality television show being developed with support from emerging commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space, by way of a Space Act Agreement signed with NASA Monday. “Space…

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