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US Military Was Immediately Aware of India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 15:38
Once the launch was detected, U.S. Space Command right away started notifying satellite operators.
Earth from Space: The Bosphorus Strait, Turkey
SpaceRef - 30 Mar 2019 18:09
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, this image shows the narrow strait that connects eastern Europe to western Asia: the Bosphorus in northwest Turkey. The image contains satellite data stitched together from ...
Smithsonian Debuts Apollo 11 '50 Years from Tranquility Base' Exhibit
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 18:00
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 mementos are among the flown artifacts now on display as part of a new Smithsonian exhibit dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
The Spacewalks of Expedition 59 in Photos
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 20:00
During the Expedition 59 mission to the International Space Station, astronauts are doing a series of three spacewalks. See photos of them working in space!
Fireball Earth
Scientific American - 30 Mar 2019 20:00
Heads up! Our planet is under constant bombardment --
India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test Is a Big Deal. Here's Why.
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 15:45
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the country fired a ground-based anti-satellite missile on Wednesday (March 27), making it just the fourth nation to do so. But what is an anti-satellite weapon?
Here's What the Speed of Light Looks Like in Slow Motion
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 15:40
What does the speed of light look like? CalTech researchers built the world's fastest camera to find out.
Blue Origin Studying Repurposing of New Glenn Upper Stages
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 15:00
Blue Origin has studied repurposing upper stages of its future New Glenn launch vehicle to serve as habitats or for other applications as part of a series of NASA-funded commercialization studies.
Extreme, Hydrogen-Crushing Physicists Are Pushing Us into a 'New Era of Superconductivity'
SPACE.com - 30 Mar 2019 15:00
Lanthanum, diamond crushers and advanced computer models are changing the hunt for this extreme quantum mechanical effect.