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August 20, 2024
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Four people in dark jumpsuits lean on a jet. The Polaris Dawn crew, Anna Menon, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gillis after their arrival at …
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The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission pose in front of the Alpha jets they flew in on to the Kennedy Space Center. Left to right: Mission Specialist Anna Menon, Pilot Scott “Kidd” Potent, Commander Jared Isaacman, Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis.
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A fully illuminated moon against a black backdrop of night sky. August’s full moon photographed from Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. (Image credit: Kevin McCarthy).
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As much as 95% of an exoplanet’s water could be trapped forever deep inside its iron core, transforming what we thought we knew about water worlds and potentially rendering them even more habitable than we realized.
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JUICE (short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) came within a mere 465 miles (750 kilometers) of the lunar surface on Monday evening, on the first leg of an unprecedented gravity-assist doubleheader. The second leg comes on Tuesday evening, when the probe …
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Find out the latest about SpaceX’s private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission for billionaire Jared Isaacman. News. By Tariq Malik. published August 20, 2024. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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Saturn and a nearly full moon will rise in southeastern skies just after sunset in the Aquarius constellation. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The moon and Saturn make …
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a faint but colorful double rainbow rises out from the landscape into a cloudy sky. Double rainbow captured in the early hours of the morning on Aug. 18, 2024.
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The static fire test and a “shakedown” mission were ordered for the booster after it suffered moisture intrusion on its way from SpaceX’s McGregor test facility in Texas to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If …
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Value-conscious sky watchers can rejoice Monday as the night could bring into focus a rare two-for-one: a supermoon and a seasonal blue moon converged for a single viewing. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says this combination happens …