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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will return to Earth early Sunday. Here's how to watch live online
SPACE.com - 15 Sep 2024 01:13
After five days in space aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, the crew of Polaris Dawn will return to Earth early TKday, and you can watch the landing live.
New Video Shows How Tiny Spacecraft Will "Swarm" Proxima Centauri
Universe Today - 14 Sep 2024 23:05
Earlier this year, NASA selected a rather interesting proposal for Phase I development as part of their NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. It’s known as Swarming Proxima Centauri, a collaborative effort ...
Astronauts 3D-print first metal part while on ISS
SPACE.com - 14 Sep 2024 18:00
ESA scientists have successfully demonstrated 3D printing of a metal part in space for the first time.
A sprinkling of cosmic dust may have helped kick-start life on Earth
SPACE.com - 14 Sep 2024 15:00
Cosmic dust may have helped to kick-start life on Earth, new research suggests. The findings challenge a widely held assumption that this was not a plausible explanation.
Boeing 'ran out of time' on Starliner: astronaut stuck on ISS
Phys.org - 14 Sep 2024 12:30
A US astronaut stuck on the International Space Station said Friday he believed Boeing's Starliner could have carried him home, if more time had been available to work through the beleaguered spacecraft's issues.
United Airlines bumps GEO operators off fleet for Starlink Wi-Fi
Space News - 14 Sep 2024 02:48
United Airlines is replacing multiple geostationary operators with Starlink in SpaceX's largest aviation Wi-Fi deal, shaking up the last satellite broadband market where the low Earth orbit constellation had yet to gain ...
A Gravity Map of Mars Uncovers Subsurface Mysteries
Universe Today - 14 Sep 2024 02:46
A team of scientists presented a new gravity map of Mars at the Europlanet Science Congress 2024. The map shows the presence of dense, large-scale structures under Mars’ long-gone ocean and that mantle processes are af...
Starliner astronauts adjust to long-term ISS stay
Space News - 14 Sep 2024 02:05
The NASA astronauts left on the International Space Station after Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth uncrewed said they supported NASA's decision but believed that, given more time, the agency may ha...