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Meet 'Tenacity:' Sierra Space unveils 1st Dream Chaser space plane (photos)

Sierra Space marked a historic achievement with the completion of its first Dream Chaser space plane, which could launch as soon as April 2024.

Space

These high-tech buzzers may help astronauts avoid getting lost in space (video)

Researchers at Brandeis University in Massachusetts are developing wearable devices which vibrate to help astronauts fight against getting lost in space.

Space

7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the same star

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope spotted a seven exoplanet system with worlds being battered by radiation from their parent sun-like star just before its retirement in 2018.

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NASA's new app helps you find the International Space Station in the night sky

The app is available for use in 11 different languages including English, German, Spanish and French

Evening Standard

NASA reveals 1st sample collected from potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu to public — and it may contain the seeds of life

The sample from the asteroid Bennu, collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission, was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

LiveScience

Jupiter's Great Red Spot turns blue in new ultraviolet view from Hubble Telescope (photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped an ultraviolet image of the gas giant Jupiter, offering a stunning false-color look at the planet's turbulent atmosphere.

Space

Behold the Grand Arms of This Gorgeous Galaxy in a New Hubble Image

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the grand spiral arms of a southern-sky galaxy.

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Mini moon: Nasa spacecraft discovers asteroid orbited by its own tiny satellite

Dinkinesh – Amharic for ‘you are marvelous’ – lies beyond orbit of Mars and has its own dinky sidekick barely 220 metres across

The Guardian - US

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists _ a mini moon

The Independent UK

James Webb Space Telescope reveals distances of nearly 200 deep-space galaxies

We now know how far away some galaxies are in the iconic "deep field" image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. A Canadian instrument is revealing more about how the universe changed over time.

Space

Miss England 'flies' Boeing Starliner spaceship at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

Jessica Gagan, Miss England 2023, toured Boeing facilities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and flew their Starliner simulator. The aerospace engineer is promoting STEM education during her U.S. tour.

Space

All-UK astronaut mission shows that private enterprise is vital to the future of space exploration

The UK Space Agency has signed an agreement with a US company called Axiom Space to develop a space mission carrying four astronauts from the UK. The flight would most likely use the SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle and travel to the International Space Station (ISS).

The Conversation

Returning astronauts to the moon is NASA's biggest challenge, but not its only one: report

NASA's Office of the Inspector General 2023 annual report highlights 7 major challenges, including the return of humans to the moon and the retirement of the International Space Station.

Space

SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch again, to Nov. 9

SpaceX and NASA have delayed the next Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station by two additional days, to Nov. 9.

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Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who launched to the moon on Apollo 16, dies at 87

For the record, Ken Mattingly never did get the German measles. The former NASA astronaut, who in 1970 was pulled from the Apollo 13 crew, died on Tuesday (Oct. 31) at the age of 87.

LiveScience

Pluto may have an ice-spewing 'supervolcano' the size of Yellowstone, New Horizons data reveals

Kiladze Caldera, formerly called Kiladze crater, may be a supervolcano that erupted fairly recently, spewing ice across the surface of Pluto.

Space

Surprise! Asteroid 'Dinky' is actually a double space rock, NASA's Lucy probe reveals (photo)

NASA's Lucy spacecraft just flew by its first asteroid — and discovered that the space rock has a companion.

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Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87

He piloted Apollo 16 and commanded the shuttle. But he may be best known for the mission he didn't fly: the ill-fated Apollo 13. And he worried late in life about the high cost of human space flight.

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NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Found Something Unexpected During Its Flyby

The team behind NASA's asteroid-tracking Lucy mission got a special treat this week.

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope's tech breakthroughs are already impacting science. Here's how

The JWST demanded software improvements that will help future telescopes and spacecraft.

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Students experiment with "space veggies"

"Before we start sending plants "off-world" to the Moon and Mars, we need to test their suitability"

LiveScience

Massive solar eruption carves 60,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' into the sun on Halloween night

A powerful explosion from the sun briefly opened up an enormous valley on the solar surface that was more than twice as wide as the contiguous U.S. and seven times longer than Earth.

Space

Intuitive Machines private moon lander launch set for January 2024

Intuitive Machines' lunar landing mission is again delayed two months to January 2024, but its Nova-C moon lander is ready to go.

Space

Virgin Galactic launches researchers to suborbital space on 5th commercial flight (video)

Virgin Galactic's reusable space plane VSS Unity aced its fifth commercial mission today (Nov. 2), continuing the one-flight-per-month tempo the company began this spring.

Space

Satellite companies may be starting to take the fight against space junk seriously

French startup ThrustMe just announced a jump in orders for its in-space propulsion systems, which could indicate a shift toward a more sustainable space environment.

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