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Atlas 5 launches NASA's Lucy asteroid mission
Space News - 16 Oct 2021 13:46
An Atlas 5 successfully launched a NASA spacecraft Oct. 16 on a mission to study distant asteroids that may hold clues to the early history of the solar system. SpaceNews
Russian film crew to return to Earth from space station today. Here's how to watch online.
SPACE.com - 16 Oct 2021 13:40
A Russian cosmonaut, actress and producer-director will all return to our planet Sunday (Oct. 17).
NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to 'Fossils' of Planet Formation
NASA Breaking news - 16 Oct 2021 12:23William Shatner Completes his Trip to Space With Blue Origin
Universe Today - 16 Oct 2021 23:53
William Shatner and the crew of the Blue Origin NS-18 mission made it back to Earth safe and sound! The post William Shatner Completes his Trip to Space With Blue Origin appeared first on Universe Today.
Lucy Asteroid Mission Launched
SpaceRef - 16 Oct 2021 21:54
NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Statio...
Perseverance has Collected its First Sample of Mars and Prepared it for Return to Earth... Eventually
Universe Today - 16 Oct 2021 18:38
It’s another first for NASA. In early September, the Perseverance rover successfully used its robotic arm and drill to drill into a rock and extract a sample. It extracted a rock core about 6 cm (2 in) long and placed ...
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Update 15 October, 2021 - Soyuz Thruster Firing Problem
SpaceRef - 16 Oct 2021 18:18
Three Russian inhabitants of the International Space Station are preparing to depart for Earth on Saturday night. Meanwhile, the rest of the Expedition 65 crew worked on a variety of life science activities as well as im...
NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 15 October, 2021
SpaceRef - 16 Oct 2021 17:32
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....
Vast lava rivers from La Palma volcano eruption show no signs of stopping in new satellite photos
SPACE.com - 16 Oct 2021 14:39
High-resolution satellite images reveal lava rivers spilling from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma as the devastating eruption shows no signs of stopping.
NASA launches robotic archaeologist Lucy on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids
SPACE.com - 16 Oct 2021 13:21
NASA's newest asteroid probe, named Lucy, successfully launched on 12-year mission to visit 8 asteroids early Saturday (Oct. 16).
Martian Image: the ridges of 'South Séítah'
Phys.org - 16 Oct 2021 12:27
NASA's Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area's mysterious past.
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond
Phys.org - 16 Oct 2021 12:22
The arrival of three astronauts at China's new space station on Saturday marks a landmark step in its space ambitions, its longest crewed mission to date.
NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
Phys.org - 16 Oct 2021 12:19
A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids.