Elon Musk calls for deorbit of International Space Station as soon as possible
Elon Musk’s latest space-related hammer throw is to call for it to be deorbited as soon as two years from now. In posts to X, Musk said, “It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the (space ...
'Goodbye Earth, hello moon': What Blue Ghost lander has been up to in NASA mission
"trans lunar injection." Then on Thursday, the lander, named Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes to ...
Private spacecraft beams home thrilling flyover video of the moon's far side
A small uncrewed spacecraft is buzzing the moon, with under two weeks remaining before its bold attempt to land on the lunar ...
6 stunning images of Jupiter captured by NASA
This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere (Figure A). Titanic blasts created by the impacts of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 fragments left Jupiter with ...
How to stop an asteroid hitting Earth: Would people co-operate to face a global peril?
On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...
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OTD In Space – February 12: NEAR-Shoemaker Lands On Asteroid Eros
NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid! After a five-year mission, the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft touched down on the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. This was the first soft landing on an asteroid, and ...
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National Weather Service Calls for Mostly Sunny Skies, High Near 77 Wednesday on Space Coast
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Melbourne forecasts it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Calm winds will become east around 5 mph in the afternoon.. BREVARD COUNTY ...
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ISRU mining: High resources, high risk
Alaskans are pretty familiar with a variety of resources that are regularly mined in the state, but perhaps not too familiar with the idea of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) mining.
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Unknown injuries following a 2-vehicle collision near Shoemaker High
About 4 p.m. Tuesday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 3900 block of Clear Creek Road for a traffic accident near Shoemaker High School in Killeen. Dispatch radio descriptions of the ...
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Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month
The launch window for the mission opens no earlier than Feb. 26. 2022 OB5 is a near-Earth asteroid that is up to 328 feet (100 meters) in diameter and could be metallic. It will take Odin around ...
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National Weather Service Calls for Mostly Sunny Skies, High Near 72 Thursday on Space Coast
Otherwise, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 77, with a south-southeast wind of 5 to 10 mph. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA—On Friday, the National Weather Service in Melbourne forecasts areas ...
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See the Blue Ghost spacecraft’s first view of the moon
A new image from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission shows the spacecraft’s first glimpse of the moon. Launched nearly two weeks ago, the spacecraft is headed to the moon where it aims to ...