Friday, August 13, 2021

Indian rocket suffers catastrophic failure during launch

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The Launchpad
Indian rocket suffers catastrophic failure during launch, Earth-watching satellite lost
India's first launch of 2021 has ended in failure. An Indian rocket carrying a new Earth-observation satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) suffered a catastrophic failure shortly after launching early Thursday (Aug. 12).
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The annual Perseid meteor shower, one of the best displays of "shooting stars" this year, put on a spectacular show for skywatchers around the world. See photos of the 2021 Perseid meteor shower in this Space.com gallery!
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Spaceflight
Cygnus cargo ship arrives at International Space Station with its biggest NASA haul ever
A Northrop Grumman-built Cygnus cargo ship just made its biggest delivery yet for NASA at the International Space Station.
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Science & Astronomy
Record-breaking 2021 wildfire season captured in satellite images
This year, record-breaking wildfires triggered by similarly historic heatwaves are ravaging swaths of land on three continents and Earth observation satellites have been tracking it all.
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SpaceX
Elon Musk's SpaceX may launch a tiny Canadian satellite that livestreams ads from space: report
SpaceX Falcon 9 (Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images)
SpaceX plans to launch a Canadian advertisement-beaming satellite into space that will eventually accept payments in Dogecoin, according to a media report.
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Skywatching
Perseid meteor shower of 2021 thrills skywatchers
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The peak of the 2021 Perseid meteor shower overnight on Wednesday and Thursday (Aug. 11-12) thrilled amateur astronomers as Earth passed through the debris tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
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Star Trek
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' returns for sensational season 2 on Paramount+
Hyperspacial hijinks, cosmic crises and insane interstellar adventure, "Star Trek: Lower Decks" is back on Paramount+.
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