Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Iceberg A-81 escaping the Weddell Sea and drifting near the edge of South Georgia’s underwater shelf. The image was captured on Oct. 20, 2026. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison) An iceberg has quickly escaped from the Weddell Sea in Antarctica, on its way to an icy new destination. What is it? As captured by a satellite in orbit, the Antarctic iceberg A-81 has quite quickly (for an iceberg)…
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Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter On Oct. 27, 1961, NASA launched the first test flight of its new Saturn I space launch vehicle. The Saturn I rocket was the United States’ first heavy-lift rocket designed to launch big payloads beyond low Earth orbit. This was also the first test flight of any rocket in the Saturn family of rockets, which includes the Saturn V that was used to launch astronauts to the moon during…
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