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SpaceX set to launch long-delayed Starlink mission

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SpaceX set to launch long-delayed Starlink mission

SNN February 28, 2021

SpaceX is targeting 8:37 PM EST on Sunday, February 28 (01:37 UTC Monday, March 1) for the...

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Spacewalkers begin prepping space station for new solar arrays

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Spacewalkers begin prepping space station for new solar arrays

SNN February 28, 2021

Spacewalkers begin prepping space station for new solar arrays Derek Richardson February 28th, 2021 NASA astronauts Kate...

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Why does this galaxy look older than its years?

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Why does this galaxy look older than its years?

SNN February 25, 2021

Galaxy ALESS 073.1, located 12 billion light-years away and formed when the universe was only 10% of...

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Titan’s atmosphere recreated in an Earth laboratory

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Titan’s atmosphere recreated in an Earth laboratory

SNN February 25, 2021

by Matt Williams, Universe Today Credit: NASA Beyond Earth, the general scientific consensus is that the best...

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Successful engine test brings Australian space launch capability a step closer

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Successful engine test brings Australian space launch capability a step closer

SNN February 25, 2021

Successful rocket engine test. Credit: DefendTex/RMIT An Australian research consortium has successfully tested a next generation propulsion...

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SpaceX prepares for twin Starlink missions as 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues

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SpaceX prepares for twin Starlink missions as 45th Space Wing’s busy year continues

SNN February 3, 2021

SpaceX is targeting their Starlink v1.0 L18 flight, or 19th Starlink mission, for launch from SLC-40 at...

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At cosmic noon, puffy galaxies make stars for longer

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At cosmic noon, puffy galaxies make stars for longer

SNN February 2, 2021

by ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in Three Dimensions (ASTRO-3D) An ensemble of twenty-five...

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Simulating space at ESA’s Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory

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Simulating space at ESA’s Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory

SNN January 29, 2021

While most ESA personnel work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, essential activities continue to take place...

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Glavkosmos to sell seats on Soyuz missions

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Glavkosmos to sell seats on Soyuz missions

SNN January 29, 2021

by — January 28, 2021 Glavkosmos aims to fly two commercial astronauts to the ISS in 2022...

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Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past

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Thick lithosphere casts doubt on plate tectonics in Venus’s geologically recent past

SNN January 29, 2021

At some point between 300 million and 1 billion years ago, a large cosmic object smashed into...

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