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Meet the four civilian Inspiration4 astronauts SpaceX will launch into orbit this week
SPACE.com - 12 Sep 2021 14:47
The four crewmembers of SpaceX's all-civilian private mission Inspiration4 will launch on Sept. 15. Here's a look at who they are.
ALMA's new Receivers Will let it see Longer Wavelengths, Peering Closer to the Beginning of the Universe
Universe Today - 12 Sep 2021 00:06
The ALMA telescope is getting a new set of receivers, enabling it to detect wavelengths down to 8.5 mm. These wavelengths are crucial for observations of the transformative epoch of reionization, when the first stars to ...
Potential component defect to delay next Virgin Galactic flight
Space News - 12 Sep 2021 22:36
Virgin Galactic is further delaying its next SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight in order to check a potential issue the company says is unrelated to an ongoing FAA investigation. SpaceNews
Researchers Generate an Entire Virtual Universe and Make it Available for Download (if you Have 100 Terabytes of Free Hard Drive Space)
Universe Today - 12 Sep 2021 16:17
You could fit an entire simulated universe in your pocket, if you have $40,000 to spare. The post Researchers Generate an Entire Virtual Universe and Make it Available for Download (if you Have 100 Terabytes of Free Hard...
SpaceX names 2 new recovery ships after NASA astronauts
SPACE.com - 12 Sep 2021 15:04
SpaceX's new recovery ships "Bob" and "Doug" sailed into Port Canaveral this month and are named for NASA astronauts.
NASA JSC SpaceCast Weekly 10 September, 2021
SpaceRef - 12 Sep 2021 14:42
SpaceCast Weekly is a NASA Television broadcast from the Johnson Space Center in Houston featuring stories about NASA's work in human spaceflight....
The world turns sideways in trippy, glowing Earth photo from the International Space Station
SPACE.com - 12 Sep 2021 13:54
ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a trippy new photo of orange 'airglow' streaming past the sideways Earth.
'They Are Here,' an alien abduction horror game, is coming in early 2022 and you can play a free demo now
SPACE.com - 12 Sep 2021 13:46
The creepy alien abduction horror game "They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror" is coming in 2022 and there's a free-to-play demo available now.
Venera timeline: The Soviet Union's Venus missions in pictures
SPACE.com - 12 Sep 2021 13:00
Of the 30 space missions to successfully fly by or orbit Venus to date, more than one-third were part of the former Soviet Union's Venera series of robotic probes.