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NASA calls off spacewalk at International Space Station due to 'spacesuit discomfort'

'No emergency situation' on International Space Station | Space Quiz! Auroras on Earth are generally seen toward the polar regions because of the planet's what? | NASA calls off ISS spacewalk due to 'spacesuit discomfort'

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June 13, 2024

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'No emergency situation' on International Space Station

(NASA Johnson)

It sounded like a nightmare scenario: An astronaut commander on the International Space Station in distress, suffering from decompression sickness and a flight surgeon on Earth stuck in traffic giving advice that was broadcast live on an official NASA livestream.

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Space Quiz! Auroras on Earth are generally seen toward the polar regions because of the planet's what?

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NASA calls off ISS spacewalk due to 'spacesuit discomfort'

(NASA)

International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 71 crew members Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick will not be performing an extravehicular activity (EVA) that had been scheduled to begin Thursday (June 13) morning. The pair had already begun adorning their spacesuits when NASA announced the EVA's postponement, according to a space agency blog post this morning.

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Spaceflight

Radiation will be a real challenge for Mars colonists

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

The same gigantic sunspot that was responsible for triggering a historic geomagnetic storm on Earth in mid-May whipped up a legendary one for Mars a few days later.

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Science & Astronomy

Hubble Telescope shares stunning galactic

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The aging but tenacious Hubble Space Telescope has beamed back yet another stunning photo of a distant galaxy. Hubble's latest view captures the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059, which lies about 57 million light-years from Earth. The photo, released on June 7, was taken in May using the space telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument as part of a broader galactic study

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SpaceX

SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from Florida today

(SpaceX)

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday (June 13). The Starlink satellites will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a two-hour window that opens at 4:46 p.m. EDT (2046 GMT). SpaceX had planned to launch the mission on Wednesday evening (June 12) but pushed the try back by about 24 hours.

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Technology

Stoke Space test-fires engine for fully reusable rocket

(Stoke Space)

Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire test of an engine designed for its upcoming reusable rocket. The Kent, Washington-based company tested its new full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) rocket engine on June 5 at the company's test site in Moses Lake, Washington. Photos from the test show the engine kicking up a large plume of sand and rocks as the engine was throttled up to produce half of its maximum thrust.

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Search for Life

Odysseus moon lander reveals Earth 'technosignatures'

(Intuitive Machines)

Human technology like cell phones and broadcast towers constantly radiate radio waves into space, and astronomers estimate this tell-tale signature of humanity has swept across 75 nearby star systems, signaling to any watchful alien civilization that Earth hosts a technologically advanced species. And, while scientists have listened to the incessant radio chatter from our planet for a long time, in late February, they heard it from the moon for the first time.

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Entertainment

Doctor Who 'Rogue': Who is the eponymous Rogue?

(BBC/Disney Plus)

In "Rogue," the latest episode of "Doctor Who," the Doctor and Ruby Sunday travel to the 19th century to enjoy the delights of Regency England. The dancing and high society romance are all very "Bridgerton" - or, for the benefit of older viewers, Jane Austen - but there's something amiss at the Duchess of Pemberton (Indira Varma)'s party.

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