Earth as seen from the International Space Station. Marcus Wandt/Axiom Space/NASA After offering new perspectives inside the International Space Station (ISS), private astronaut Marcus Wandt pointed his camera to the other side and captured stunning images of Earth. “Isn’t she pretty?” Wandt posted on social media on Monday, sharing the images. isn’t she pretty#Earth #No…
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A landscape on Mars with the NASA Ingenuity helicopter is seen on a dune in the distance. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, captured an image (above) that shows the final resting place of the damaged Mars Ingenuity helicopter. It took a persistent picture On February 4, nearly two weeks after NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)…
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Oleg Kononenko (center), before his final launch to the International Space Station in September 2023. Next to him are NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub. Roskosmos/NASA A Russian cosmonaut has recently established a new record for the longest time spent in space. Taking place on five missions on Sunday, Oleg Kononenko has…
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Of all the objects you can observe with a telescope, some of the most amazing to see are the planets in our solar system and the galaxies that lie far beyond. But if you want to see more distant and faint objects, you will need a different type of telescope. An average beginner’s telescope may…
What’s On February 2024 skywatching tips from NASA NASA has shared its top picks for what to see in the sky in the coming weeks. In a video (above) released this week, the space agency notes that the following days offer the last chance to see Venus in the morning sky until it reappears as…
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SpaceX is set to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, and you can watch the event live online. The 20th Commercial Resupply Services (NG-20) mission is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, January 30. Get below for full…
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A computer-generated image depicting SLIM in its landing position on the lunar surface. JAXA Japan’s lunar lander is back in contact with its team on Earth after regaining power through solar panels. Smart Lunar Investigation Lander (SLIM) reached the Moon on January 19Japan thus became only the fifth country to do so. But during the…
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In early 2023, SpaceX aimed to achieve 100 Falcon rocket launches by December 31. It broke the current annual record of 60 starts in September, but it looks like it will just fall short of her ambitious goal for this year. In SpaceX’s busiest 12-month period since the launch of the first Falcon rocket in…
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