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⋅ June 29, 2024
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CNN

Mars gets hit by hundreds of basketball-size space rocks every year
CNN
A meteoroid impact on Mars formed Martian craters, seen in blue, on September 5, 2021. NASA’s InSight mission detected the impacts, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the craters. NASA/ …
Spaceflight Now

Starliner landing now on indefinite hold for more tests, but NASA insists crew not ‘stranded’ in space
Spaceflight Now
The return to Earth of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on indefinite hold pending results of new thruster tests and ongoing analysis of helium leaks that cropped up during the ship’s rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday.
Space.com

NASA delays next ISS spacewalk until end of July due to spacesuit leak issue
Space.com
The delay will give mission teams more time to investigate what happened on the most recent extravehicular activity (EVA), which occurred on Monday (June 24). NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt were …
Space.com

NASA’s Juno probe reveals lava lakes across Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io (image)
Space.com
NASA’s Juno mission might have originally been all about Jupiter, but its extended mission has the spacecraft observing the gas giant’s moons — and it’s making some pretty interesting discoveries. Its latest find? The Jovian moon Io is covered in …
CNN

Boeing Starliner spacecraft could wait months before return, but officials say astronauts aren’t stranded
CNN
The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is seen docked to the Harmony module’s forward port as the International Space Station orbits 262 miles above Earth on June 13. NASA.
Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch multiple satellites for the NRO from Vandenberg Space Force Base
Spaceflight Now
The spy agency described the classified mission as “the second launch of NRO’s proliferated architecture, delivering critical space-based ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) to the nation. The Falcon 9 rocket supporting …
The Washington Post

Jupiter’s red spot might not be the same one discovered centuries ago
The Washington Post
In the 1660s, Italian astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini discovered something while looking at the planet Jupiter: a massive spot now known as the planet’s signature. Known as the Great Red Spot or Permanent Spot, the planetary feature is thought to be …
Smithsonian

Volcanic Ash Preserved Trilobite Fossils in Surprising Detail at ‘Prehistoric Pompeii’
Smithsonian
Scientists have uncovered intricately preserved fossils of trilobites that are providing new insights into the extinct invertebrates’ anatomy. The animals had been buried in modern-day Morocco after volcanic ash blanketed them underwater more than 500 …
NBC Montana

NASA appoints MSU scientist to team supporting international space mission
NBC Montana
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Montana State University Regents Professor Neil Cornish was appointed by NASA for a multi-billion-dollar international mission slated for the mid-2030’s. Cornish worked on a project in 2023 that provided evidence of very low-frequency …
SpaceNews

Russian satellite breaks up, creating debris in low Earth orbit
SpaceNews
WASHINGTON — A Russian satellite in low Earth orbit broke up June 26, creating more than 100 pieces of trackable debris and briefly causing the International Space Station crew to take shelter. The satellite, Resurs P1, suffered some kind of event at …