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ULA targets Christmas Eve for debut of new Vulcan Centaur rocket

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October 30, 2023

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The Launchpad

ULA targets Christmas Eve for debut of new Vulcan rocket

(Untied Launch Alliance)

The coming holiday season will be extra festive for space fans, if all goes according to plan. United Launch Alliance is targeting Christmas Eve for the debut flight of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket, the successor to the company's Atlas V and Delta IV vehicles.

Full Story: Space (10/27)

Space Quiz! What resource found on the moon and Mars do scientists hope to utilize to help sustain long-term crewed missions on other planets?

Learn the answer here!

Hunter's Moon lunar eclipse, last eclipse of 2023 (photos)

(Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images)

The moon passed through part of Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse visible to potentially millions of stargazers across the Eastern Hemisphere on Saturday, offering an early skywatching treat days before Halloween.

Full Story: Space (10/29)

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Skywatching

Next 5 years will be 'most favorable' for aurora sightings

(Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon via Getty Images)

Simply put, their occurrence is dependent on solar activity. The more active the sun, the higher the chance of vibrant aurora shows - and that's exactly why we can expect incredible auroras over the next few years.

Full Story: Space (10/27)

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Spaceflight

UK Space Agency signs with Axiom for crewed mission

(NASA TV)

The U.K. Space Agency and Houston company Axiom Space have inked a deal to pursue a commercially sponsored mission that could send four U.K. astronauts to orbit. No timeline for the proposed flight has been announced.

Full Story: Space (10/27)

Science & Astronomy

Rings of Uranus being held back by its pesky moons

(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI))

The size of Uranus' rings is controlled by the planet's five major moons, which are able to eject significant amounts of dust out of the Uranian system, according to new simulations designed to figure out where the rings may have come from.

Full Story: Space (10/30)

SpaceX

SpaceX to launch 23 satellites tonight after Sunday scrub

(SpaceX (via X.com))

It will be the eighth launch and landing for this rocket's first stage, according to the mission description. The 23 Starlink satellites will deploy from the Falcon 9's upper stage into low Earth orbit about 65.5 minutes after liftoff, if all goes according to plan.

Full Story: Space (10/29)

Technology

World's smallest particle accelerator is really, really small

(FAU/Laser Physics, Stefanie Kraus, Julian Litzel)

Scientists recently fired up the world's smallest particle accelerator for the first time. The tiny technological triumph, which is around the size of a small coin, could open the door to a wide range of applications, including using the teensy particle accelerators inside human patients.

Full Story: Space (10/29)

Search for Life

Mars ice map could help NASA pick future landing areas

(NASA/JPL-Caltech/Planetary Science Institute)

The NASA-funded Subsurface Water Ice Mapping (SWIM) project released its fourth and most recent map of where on Mars we might find, as you might expect, subsurface water ice. NASA officials say this map will help mission planners decide where on Mars to actually send the first humans to traverse the planet.

Full Story: Space (10/29)

Entertainment

Astronaut Callie Rodriguez helps deploy a lunar telescope

(NASA)

In this second installment, available now at the "First Woman" website, readers will discover how Callie and her fellow astronauts work together as a unit to overcome various obstacles while trying to install a next-generation telescope on the far side of the moon.

Full Story: Space (10/29)