Friday, April 19, 2024

NASA still investigating Artemis 1 Orion heat shield issues

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April 19, 2024
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The Launchpad
SpaceX launches company's 40th mission of 2024
(SpaceX)
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 GMT).
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NASA still investigating Artemis 1 Orion heat shield issues
(NASA)
The landmark 2022 moon mission was a success, but questions remain about how Orion's heat shield performed.
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Space Deal of the Day
Best telescopes for beginners 2024: Great starter scopes
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The best telescopes for beginners: top models from top brands to suit and every beginner and every budget.
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Skywatching
Will comet 12P/Pons-Brooks survive brush with the sun?
(Kevin O'Donnell)
As the comet approaches perihelion - its closest distance to the sun - on April 21, will it survive the encounter or be subjected to a fiery fate?
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Spaceflight
Russia launches Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th flight
(Roscosmos)
The Angara A5 took off from the nation's Vostochny Cosmodrome for the first time, placing an experimental cubesat into low Earth orbit.
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China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission
(Li Zhenzhou/VCG via Getty Images)
China is all set to send its next crew to its Tiangong space station.
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Science & Astronomy
Io has raged with volcanoes for 4.5 billion years
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The solar system's most volcanic body, the moon of Jupiter Io, has been in turmoil for at least 4.57 billion years, right back to its birth and the infancy of the sun.
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Technology
NASA greenlights 2028 launch for epic Dragonfly mission
(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)
NASA's delayed Dragonfly drone mission to Saturn's largest moon Titan is on track to launch in July 2028, the space agency confirmed.
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Search for Life
Sorry, little green men: Alien life might be purple
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The hunt for extraterrestrial life can now include purple bacteria, according to a group of astronomers who are recording the chemical makeup unique to the lavender-hued organisms.
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Entertainment
'For All Mankind' gets 5th season, new 'Star City' spinoff
(Apple TV+)
Apple TV+ is headed back to the past, and the future, with another season of the alternate space history drama "For All Mankind" and a new spinoff series, "Star City."
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