#Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

#Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid

“#Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid” Enlarge Image An Atlas Centaur 7 rocket on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is the Centaur upper stage of this 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A mysterious object…

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#NASA sending human remains to the moon summer 2021

#NASA sending human remains to the moon summer 2021

“#NASA sending human remains to the moon summer 2021” People’s cremated ashes are to be sent to the Moon next year as part of a commercial burial service piggybacking on a NASA lunar mission. Texas space memorial firm Celestis will provide more than a dozen capsules carrying human remains and DNA for the flight. Dubbed…

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#Historic NASA-SpaceX launch postponed due to windy weather

#Historic NASA-SpaceX launch postponed due to windy weather

“#Historic NASA-SpaceX launch postponed due to windy weather” A historic joint space launch between NASA and Elon Musk’s company SpaceX that was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until Sunday because of winds, a NASA official said Friday. The mission, dubbed “Crew-1,” will rocket four astronauts to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space…

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#Apophis asteroid, nicknamed ‘God of Chaos,’ is speeding up

#Apophis asteroid, nicknamed ‘God of Chaos,’ is speeding up

“#Apophis asteroid, nicknamed ‘God of Chaos,’ is speeding up” An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of Chaos is speeding up, scientists recently revealed. Scientifically known as 99942 Apophis, the massive, 1,120-foot-wide space rock will fly within 23,441 miles above Earth’s surface on April 13, 2029, as well as in 2036. However,…

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