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Thursday, July 21, 2022

Cosmic crime scene reveals how black holes turn stars into 'spaghetti

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The Launchpad

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket gets Aug. 29 launch date

(NASA's Exploration Ground Systems via Twitter)

The first three opportunities for lunar launch are in late August and early September, pending tweaks to the megarocket.

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Apollo 11 vs. space tourism in 2022 (op-ed)

(Virgin Galactic)

We honor the heroes of Apollo 11, yet deride the astronauts who stand on their shoulders in the U.S. private space industry. Why?

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Boom Supersonic and Northrop Grumman team up to build superfast US military aircraft

(Boom Supersonic)

Boom Supersonic, which wants to fly passengers faster than the speed of sound, announced a collaboration with Northrop Grumman focused on government sales.

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Skywatching

Catch the moon and Mars cozying up to each other on Thursday

(Starry Night)

Look to the southeastern sky in the early hours of Thursday (July 21) morning to see the waning crescent moon shining close to Mars.

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Science & Astronomy

Cosmic crime scene reveals how black holes turn stars into 'spaghetti'

(NASA/CXC/M. Weiss)

Astronomers have reconstructed the final fate of stellar material that was destroyed and partially consumed by a massive black hole.

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Solar wind blowing from the sun could trigger aurora displays

(NASA/SDO)

Solar wind is blowing from the sun with unusual intensity these days, and space weather forecasters think it might make polar lights brighter.

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SpaceX

NASA picks SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket to launch Roman Space Telescope

(SpaceX)

The reusable heavy-lift rocket will launch the new space telescope in 2026, NASA says.

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Spaceflight

Europe's 1st commercial staged rocket passes hot-fire milestone

(Rocket Factory Augsburg via Twitter)

German launch services startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has taken a new step in the development of an orbital launcher with the hot fire test of its Helix engine.

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Technology

Landsat: A guide to the Earth observation satellite fleet

(NASA Goddard Studios)

Landsat has given us a new view of Earth in more ways than one.

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Search for Life

The James Webb Space Telescope just proved it can search for alien life in planets' atmospheres

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Wikimedia Commons)

The first data release from the James Webb Space Telescope gives us a sense of the exciting progress that's coming soon.

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Entertainment

'Escaping Gravity': Former NASA deputy chief Lori Garver weighs in US space program in new book

(U.S. Department of State)

"Escaping Gravity" tells the story of Lori Garver's rise to be NASA's second in command, and how she brought one of the agency's most successful programs to reality.

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