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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander closed in on the moon Saturday, on course for a nail-biting automated descent to touchdown early Sunday, the first of three private-sector robotic moon landers to reach its target after launches earlier this year. The Blue Ghost lunar lander spent a month orbiting Earth after launch atop a Falcon 9
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Gayle King is about to blast off. The “CBS Mornings” co-host was announced Thursday as part of the crew for Blue Origin’s next flight to the boundary of space. The historic flight, comprised of all women, is expected to launch this spring. Joining King on the mission will be pop superstar Katy Perry, journalist and
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With two commercial moon landers already on their way, Houston-based Intuitive Machines launched its second robotic lander atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, the centerpiece of a multi-element NASA-sponsored mission to help pave the way for human expeditions. The workhorse rocket’s nine first-stage engines roared to life at 7:16 p.m. EST, pushing the booster
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Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this week, creating a brief chance to see a “planetary parade.” Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus could all be visible with clear skies, but not all can be seen by the naked eye, according to Space.com and other sites that track celestial events. For
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SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 new Starlink satellites 03:18 Debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that blasted off in the United States on February 1 entered the Earth’s atmosphere over Poland on Wednesday, the Polish space agency said. A 1.5 meter by one meter (five feet by
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2024 space exploration and advancements Looking back on 2024 space exploration and advancements 04:30 Astronomy fans can enjoy the Snow Moon, February’s full moon, this week. The full moon will reach peak illumination on Wednesday at 8:53 a.m. EST, with the best viewing opportunities on Tuesday night and Wednesday night, according to the Old Farmer’s
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Astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to study an asteroid that has a small chance of striking Earth less than eight years from now. Characterized as a potential “city-killer,” the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to
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Contrary to a recent social media post from President Trump, Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Barry “Butch” Wilmore have not been “virtually abandoned” in space, despite a mission that’s been extended from a little more than one week to more than nine months. “I don’t think I’m abandoned. I don’t think we’re
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Hubble Telescope captures cosmic collision from 50 million years ago – CBS News Watch CBS News The Hubble Telescope took a snapshot of what astronomers are calling the Bullseye Galaxy. The distant galaxy contains nine rings of stars that were formed when a blue dwarf galaxy crashed through the center of the galaxy. View CBS
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Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for aircraft, researchers warned in a new study. The study authors, all affiliated with Canada’s University of British Columbia, said that the probability of space debris hitting an airplane is small, but the risk is rising due to increases in both space debris reentries
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