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What time is SpaceX's 3rd Starship launch on March 14?

What time is SpaceX's 3rd Starship launch on March 14? | How to watch SpaceX's 3rd Starship launch test live online | Japan's 1st commercial rocket explodes after liftoff

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March 13, 2024

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What time is SpaceX's 3rd Starship launch on March 14?

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SpaceX is hoping to launch its first Starship test of 2024 as early as Thursday in what it hopes will be a historic orbital flight of the world's biggest rocket, and if you need to know when to watch it online, you're in the right place. Set your clocks for 8 a.m. ET (1200 GMT) on March 14.

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Japan's 1st commercial rocket explodes after liftoff

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A Japanese company's first orbital launch attempt ended in a dramatic failure just seconds after liftoff on Wednesday. The 18-meter-long, four-stage Kairos solid rocket lifted off from Space Port Kii in Kushimoto, western Japan at 10:01 p.m. EDT March 12 (0201 GMT or 11:01 a.m. Japan time on March 13). The flight ended abruptly seconds after it rose off the launch pad when the flight termination system triggered, resulting in the rocket exploding.

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Total Solar Eclipse 2024

Solar eclipses through history: The best photos

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Our solar eclipse viewing equipment and techniques may have changed slightly over the years but the amazement and wonder lives on. Here we take a look at some iconic photographs through the ages of people enjoying the beauty and wonder of a solar eclipse.

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Win a chance to see 2024's total solar eclipse from a jet

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The public charter jet service JSX has announced it'll be arranging a specialty eclipse flight for winners of an online sweepstakes. Flight 4824, a release put out by the airlines says, will depart on April 8 from a JSX-dedicated hangar at Dallas-Love Field in Texas at 1:00 p.m. CT. The 30-seat jet will ascend 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) and travel within the path of totality — aka, the path along which you can see the moon totally eclipse the sun — then land back at the hangar by 3:00 p.m. CT. Everyone, of course, will get a window seat.

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Space Deal of the Day

These ISO-certified solar eclipse glasses are 40% off

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We're less than one month away from the next total solar eclipse and you can save 40% on a five-pack of Kesseph solar glasses, which will arrive in time for the event.

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Skywatching

Rare nova ignites a 'new star' in the sky this year

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The star system offering us this opportunity is known as T Coronae Borealis (T CrB). It's located some 3,000 light-years away from Earth and consists of a red giant star and a white dwarf that orbit each other.

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See Mercury at its best this month

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For those in the Northern Hemisphere, we're in the midst of a fine "window of opportunity" for viewing Mercury in the evening sky throughout March.

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Spaceflight

After moon voyage, Artemis 1 Orion preps for next flight

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The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1, which circled the moon with mannequins and science experiments in 2022, just touched down in Ohio for eight months of testing before humans climb on board future versions of the spacecraft, NASA officials stated in a statement on March 6.

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Science & Astronomy

Scientists find black hole spaghettifying star near Earth

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This star's gory death can be blamed on a black hole with a mass equal to around one million suns; the event occurred in the active star-birthing galaxy NGC 3799, which is located about 160 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Leo.

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SpaceX

SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites tonight

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SpaceX is set to tie its rocket-reuse record tonight.. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch 23 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites to orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida tonight, during a four-hour window that opens at 7:29 p.m. EDT (2329 GMT). It will be the 19th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage.

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Entertainment

Exclusive clip: 'The Abyss' in 4K

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Avid fans of superstar director James Cameron's underwater sci-fi epic, "The Abyss," have been holding their collective breaths for ages waiting for a serious high-definition remaster of his oft-overlooked masterpiece and now 20th Century Studios is taking off the wrapper for this stunning home video release.

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