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The Soaring Highs and Stark Lows of Spaceflight in 2023
It’s time to look back at spaceflight in 2023, a real “two steps forward, one step back” kind of year, filled with highs, lows, and everything in between. The New Space Race is in full swing, and with both public and private entities pushing the limits of what’s possible, failures are an inevitability, as is…
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Finally, a Telescope Named ‘Einstein’ Is Heading to Space
Space’s latest X-ray telescope, aptly named after the most famous physicist of all time, is poised to unveil the mysteries of nature’s most extreme phenomena.
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NASA’s Moon-Bound Astronauts Prepare for Emergency Ahead of 2024 Launch
Four astronauts are getting ready to travel to the Moon and back for NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, and the space agency is making sure that the crew is well-prepared in case things go wrong during the 10-day journey through space. The Artemis 2 crew is undergoing emergency training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,…
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Adorable Cat Video Reaches Earth After 16-Million-Mile Journey from Deep Space
NASA just combined all of my favorite things: space, lasers, and cats. In a first-of-its-kind demonstration of deep space optical communication, the space agency streamed a high-definition video from 19 million miles away from Earth. And as it turns out, NASA is just as obsessed as we are when it comes to sharing cat videos.…