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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 134 —The Spruce Space Shuttle

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The Spruce Space Shuttle – Ben Dickow and the Columbia Memorial Space Center – YouTube Watch On On Episode 134 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Ben Dickow, executive director and president of the Columbia Memorial Space Center, about a magnificent, full-sized shuttle mockup, its history and future plans. Many of us have visited the various displays of space shuttles around the US, and it’s always a spectacular sight. The shuttle orbiter was huge, and seeing in any configuration is inspirational. Notably, the California…

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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ scores an inventive interactive graphic novel, ‘Warp Your Own Way’

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“Star Trek: Lower Decks” may be coming to a close, but IDW Publishing is letting fans get in on the series’ zany action with a new choose-your-own adventure graphic novel. Just in time for this week’s premiere of the fifth and final season of Paramount+’s addictive animated comedy series, “Star Trek: Lower Decks ― Warp Your Own Way” recently landed in comic shops and digital outlets. IDW Publishing first announced news of this creative “Star Trek” project last year at New York Comic Con 2023, where it was described by…

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Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes

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Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun Mercury Venus Earth The Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto & Dwarf Planets Asteroids, Comets & Meteors The Kuiper Belt The Oort Cloud 4 min read Sols 4343-4344: Late Slide, Late Changes NASA’s Mars rover…

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NASA Welcomes Chile as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

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From left to right, Chilean Ambassador to the United States Juan Gabriel Valdés, Chilean Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation Aisén Etcheverry Escudero, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, and United States Department of State Acting Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn pose for a photo after the signing of the Artemis Accords, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The Republic of Chile is the 47th country to sign the Artemis Accords, which…

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James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st ‘failed star’ candidates beyond the Milky Way

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At this point, astronomers are used to the James Webb Space Telescope pushing the boundaries of astronomy — so it is little surprise that the $10 billion telescope has surpassed itself again.  The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — with a little help from the Hubble Space Telescope — may have found a family of so-called “failed star” brown dwarfs in the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). If this is the case, it will be the first time astronomers have spotted such bodies beyond the limits…

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Red Rocks with Green Spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’

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Mars: Perseverance (Mars 2020) Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun Mercury Venus Earth The Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto & Dwarf Planets Asteroids, Comets & Meteors The Kuiper Belt The Oort Cloud 2…

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See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS eject a tail of gas and dust as it flies past the sun (photos)

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A dazzling comet left behind a dramatic dust tail as it swept around the sun, new photos reveal. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was visible to the naked eye earlier in October as the comet, which is sort of an icy space snowball, flew past the sun and Earth. Fresh telescope footage from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory reveals that the comet’s dust tail was visible near the sun “for several days”, long after the little world left the neighborhood, lab officials stated. Related: See the ‘comet of the century’ light up…

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Destacado de la NASA: Felipe Valdez, un ingeniero inspirador

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4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Felipe Valdez, ingeniero de la NASA en el Laboratorio de Investigación de Vuelo a Subescala Dale Reed del Centro de Investigación de Vuelo Armstrong, junto a un modelo a subescala de la aeronave Hybrid Quadrotor (HQ-90). NASA / Charles Genaro Vavuris Read this story in English here. Felipe Valdez es una persona que aprovechó todas las oportunidades posibles en la NASA, trabajando desde que inicio como pasante universitario hasta su trabajo actual como ingeniero de controles de vuelo.  Nacido…

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Autumn Leaves – Call for Volunteers

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Earth Observer Earth Home Earth Observer Home Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam More Archives 3 min read Autumn Leaves – Call for Volunteers The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is calling on volunteers of all ages to help students and citizen scientists document seasonal change through leaf color and land cover. The data collection event will support students across North America, Latin America, Central America, and Europe, who are working together to document the seasonal changes…

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