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Soyuz Thruster Malfunction Has ISS Crew Running Two Days Late
Yesterday afternoon’s Soyuz launch has hit a snag. A thruster misfire means the planned six-hour flight, delivering U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev to the International Space Station, will now take two days. Talk about a terrifying flight delay.
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Watch A Livestream Of The Equinox Right Now
Summer in the northern hemisphere is really over. For real. Today. Actually, if you’re lucky enough to be down here in the southern hemisphere summer is just beginning. The Earth will reach the equinox at 6:45pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (4:44am EST in the US) and the Slooh Space Camera is livestreaming now. If you…