ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 19, 2023 The seven-member Expedition 69 crew split up on Wednesday with four astronauts enjoying some time off and three cosmonauts staying busy ...
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NASA - Armstrong Flight Research Center patch. May 19, 2023 An F/A-18 aircraft received from the U.S. Navy in 2021 has been rejuvenated, had its NASA colors added, and is close to flig...
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NASA / ESA - Hubble Space Telescope (HST) patch. May 19, 2023 The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This con...
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ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 19, 2023 Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of May 15 that included studying...
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NASA / ESA / CSA-ASC - James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) patch. May 19, 2023 The huge watery cloud spurting from Enceladus could carry the ingredients for life farther into space than ...
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NASA - ARTEMIS Program logo. May 19, 2023 NASA has awarded a NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract to Blue Origin. Blue Origin’s National Team partners in...
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ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch. May 18, 2023 The engines of the Progress MS-22 spacecraft, docked to the Russian service module Zvezda, were turned on at 19:43 Moscow time and worked ...
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ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 18, 2023 The Expedition 69 crew members continue preparing the International Space Station for the arrival four private astronauts early next wee...
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NASA - Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover logo. May 18, 2023 (Click on the images for enlarge) The six-wheeled scientist encountered the crater during its latest science campaign in search...
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ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 17, 2023 The Expedition 69 crew spent Wednesday servicing an array of science gear, maintaining orbital lab systems, and readying gear for the ne...
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ESA - Sentinel-3 Mission logo. May 17, 2023 Adding to the grim list of record ice losses, record air temperatures and record droughts, which have all hit the headlines recently, the te...
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CASC - Long March-3B / BeiDou-3 backup satellite patch. May 17, 2023 Long March-3B carrying first BeiDou-3 backup satellite liftoff A Long March-3B launch vehicle launched the fi...
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NASA - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) patch. May 17, 2023 Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with...
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ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 16, 2023 Mission managers have given the go for the launch of the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station on Sunday. ...
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NASA - Lunar Flashlight Mission patch. May 16, 2023 With its primary mission over, the CubeSat will zoom by Earth late Tuesday, May 16, and NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System app will t...
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Stratolaunch logo. May 16, 2023 Roc, the biggest airplane in the world, aced its first drop test over the weekend. The world's biggest airplane just notched another huge milestone. ...
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ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 15, 2023 The seven-member Expedition 69 crew began its week studying microgravity’s effects on human immunity, replacing critical life support ...
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NASA - JUNO Mission logo. May 15, 2023 The gas giant orbiter has flown over 510 million miles and also documented close encounters with three of Jupiter’s four largest moons. Im...
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NASA - Lunar Flashlight Mission patch. May 15, 2023 While the CubeSat couldn’t reach the lunar South Pole to help seek ice, it fulfilled several technology goals that will empower fu...
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NASA / ESA / CSA-ASC - James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) patch. May 15, 2023 Artist’s concept of Comet 238P/Read The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has enabled another...
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ESA - Juice Mission patch. May 15, 2023 More than three weeks after efforts began to deploy Juice’s ice-penetrating Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, the 16-metre-long ...
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SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Starlink Mission patch. May 14, 2023 Falcon 9 carrying Starlink 83 liftoff A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched 56 Starlink satellites (Starlink-83 / Star...
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ESA / NASA - Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich logo. May 12, 2023 Kelvin waves, a potential precursor of El Niño conditions in the ocean, are rolling across the equatorial Pacific toward th...
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VAST Space logo. May 12, 2023 The American startup Vast aims to put Haven-1 into orbit within two years. It will become the first representative of a new generation of private stations...
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ISS - Expedition 69 Mission patch. May 12, 2023 Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of May 8 that included monitorin...
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