#NASA launches ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to crash into asteroid

#NASA launches ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to crash into asteroid

“#NASA launches ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to crash into asteroid” NASA has launched the world’s first “full-scale mission” to test asteroid-deflecting technology in hopes of protecting Earth from potential “Armageddon.” The space agency said in a statement the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) lifted off late Tuesday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vanderberg Space…

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#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’

#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’

“#NASA releases stunning image of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’” The lights are much brighter in this “downtown.” NASA has released a stunning composite image of the Milky Way assembled by an astronomer who spent a year putting it together while stuck at home during the pandemic. Astronomer Daniel Wang of the University of Massachusetts Amherst told…

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#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii

#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii

“#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii” Elon Musk’s Starship prototype isn’t heading to Mars yet, but it’s finally leaving Texas. The Musk-owned SpaceX plans to launch the massive rocket from Texas into space before it splashes down off the coast of Hawaii, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. SpaceX has…

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#Giant spider ‘attacks’ Australian space telescope

#Giant spider ‘attacks’ Australian space telescope

“#Giant spider ‘attacks’ Australian space telescope” It’s an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare come true. A security camera fixed on the giant antenna at Canberra’s Deep Space Communications Complex caught a terrifying spider “attack” this week when a giant huntsman spider crawled across the lens. The effect was chilling – making it look like the giant arachnid…

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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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#NASA shares Mars rover’s first weather report

#NASA shares Mars rover’s first weather report

“#NASA shares Mars rover’s first weather report” The first weather forecast from Mars is in — it will be brutally cold with the chance of a dust storm. NASA scientists shared details of the meteorological outlook that was taken on the Red Planet by the Perseverance rover. The rover’s Mars Environment Dynamics Analyzer system first…

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