Month: January 2024

What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission

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jsc2023e070781 (Oct. 4, 2023) — Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts. NASA/Bill Stafford Four new crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance…

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Everything we know about ‘Constellation’: Release date, plot, cast, & more

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It appears Apple will keep delivering stunning science fiction shows for the foreseeable future, as their next psychological thriller “Constellation” looks pretty spectacular. Ahead of the three-episode premiere (yes, that’s right, three whole episodes), here’s everything we know about “Constellation.” Colorfully defined by the Apple TV+ streaming service as an “eight-part conspiracy-based psychological thriller drama series” led by Noomi Rapace (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) and Jonathan Banks (“Breaking Bad”), “Constellation” promises to be part action-packed space adventure and part trippy thriller that makes the viewers question everything and…

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Astronaut Bob Hines

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“I have been interested in aviation for as long as I can remember. There are pictures of me at two years old and younger with my face pinned against the window, watching airplanes taxi around the airport. I had never not known that I wanted to be a pilot. The amazing engineering that goes into [airplanes], but certainly the freedom of flight is just spectacular. Being able to see the world from a different perspective is incredible, and getting to fly in space was the culmination of that, seeing the…

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Hubble Studies a Sparkling Galaxy Pair

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1 min read Hubble Studies a Sparkling Galaxy Pair This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a pair of interacting galaxies called, NGC 5410 and UGC 8932/PGC 49896. NASA/ESA/D. Bowen (Princeton University)/Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) A pair of small, interacting galaxies shine in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The larger of the two galaxies is named NGC 5410 and was discovered in 1787 by British astronomer William Herschel. It spans 80,000 light-years across and has a bright white bar of stars at its center.…

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Hubble Views a Galaxy Settling into Old Age

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1 min read Hubble Views a Galaxy Settling into Old Age The galaxy NGC 3384 takes center stage in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. ESA/Hubble & NASA/B. Lehmer et al. NGC 3384, visible in this image, has many of the characteristic features of so-called elliptical galaxies. Such galaxies glow diffusely, are rounded in shape, display few visible features, and rarely show signs of recent star formation. Instead, they are dominated by old, aging, and red-hued stars. This stands in contrast to the liveliness of spiral galaxies such as our home galaxy, the Milky Way,…

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Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th Commercial Resupply Mission

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NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to deliver science and supplies to the International Space Station. NASA NASA’s Northrop Grumman 20th commercial resupply mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are targeting 12:29 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 29, for the next launch to deliver science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. Filled with more than 8,200 pounds of supplies, the Cygnus cargo…

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‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ season 3 trailer signals the end of a spirited series

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All good things must come to an end. So it goes for the Disney+’s “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated spinoff, “The Bad Batch,” which has had a brilliant run in its past two seasons that began back in 2021. The misadventures of this bold band of genetically modified soldiers has been one of the best and brightest spots in the Disney+ “Star Wars” lineup and fans will surely miss its rollicking adventures. Lucasfilm Animation has just delivered an explosive new trailer for the third and final season of “Star…

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‘We proved that you can land wherever you want.’ Japan’s SLIM moon probe nailed precise lunar landing, JAXA says

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Japan’s SLIM lander touchdown may have given an entirely new definition to the expression “on the nose.”  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) representatives revealed that the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) made a strange but precise landing on the moon. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday (Jan. 25), JAXA scientists said that SLIM had touched down within 328 feet (100 meters) of its selected lunar landing site on Jan. 19, accomplishing its primary mission of making a pinpoint landing. “We proved that you can land wherever you want,…

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NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

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5 min read NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere This is an artist’s concept of the exoplanet GJ 9827d, the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere. The planet could be an example of potential planets with water-rich atmospheres elsewhere in our galaxy. With only about twice Earth’s diameter, the planet orbits the red dwarf star GJ 9827. Two inner planets in the system are on the left. The background stars are plotted as they would be seen to the unaided eye looking…

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Chinese company launches 5 remote-sensing satellites to orbit (video)

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China’s commercial space activities continue to grow, with a solid rocket putting five privately built satellites into orbit. The third Kinetica-1 solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:03 p.m. EST on Monday (Jan. 22; 0403 GMT and 12:03 p.m. Beijing time on Jan. 23). Aboard were five Taijing satellites, all designed and built by Beijing-based private satellite maker Minospace. Related: The latest news about China’s space program CAS Space’s third Kinetica-1 rocket lifts off from Jiuquan spaceport on Jan. 22, 2024. (Image credit:…

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