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SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship a day at new Starfactory

Water frost on Mars discovered near equator | SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship a day at new Starfactory | Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured iconic 'Earthrise' photo from the moon, killed in plane crash

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June 10, 2024

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Water frost on Mars discovered near equator

(ESA/DLR/FU Berlin)

Water frost has been spotted at the equator of Mars for the first time. "We thought it was impossible for frost to form around Mars' equator," one scientist says. "Its existence here is exciting, and hints that there are exceptional processes at play that are allowing frost to form."

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SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship a day at new Starfactory

(SpaceX)

"When you step into this factory, it is truly inspirational. My heart jumps out of my chest," Kate Tice, manager of SpaceX Quality Systems Engineering, said during the same livestream. "Now this will enable us to increase our production rate significantly as we build toward our long-term goal of producing one Ship per day and coming off the production line soon, Starship Version Two."

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Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured iconic 'Earthrise' photo from the moon, killed in plane crash

(HUM Images/Getty Images)

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on Friday (June 7) when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of the San Juan Islands in northwest Washington State. "The family is devastated," said his son Greg Anders. "He was a great pilot. He will be missed."

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Space Quiz! How many orbits of Earth did SpaceX's Starship Flight 4 make?

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Spaceflight

Virgin Galactic launches Unity space plane on final flight

(Virgin Galactic)

Virgin Galactic launched six people to suborbital space on Saturday (June 8), launching a Turkish astronaut and three space tourists on what was the final voyage of the VSS Unity space plane. "This vehicle was revolutionary," Virgin Galactic president Mike Moses said. "We tested it, we flew it, we demonstrated and prove to the world that commercial human spaceflight is possible with private funding for private companies." Find out what comes next.

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This Week In Space podcast: Starliners & Starships

(TWIS)

Well, we waited, we waffled, and we joked... but Boeing's Starliner finally made good! Seven or so years after their projected crewed flight date, the second provider of crew delivery to the International Space Station finally succeeded in sending two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, to the ISS. Then, just a day later, SpaceX launched a Starship on a fourth test flight with spectacular results--and may be ready for another test launch within a few weeks.

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Science & Astronomy

When was the Milky Way's last big galactic cannibalism act?

(ESA/Gaia/DPAC, T Donlon et al. 2024; Background Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds: Stefan Payne-Wardenaar)

New findings from the Gaia space telescope indicate the Milky Way may have cannibalized a small galaxy not too long ago, cosmically speaking. In fact, the last major collision between our galaxy and another seems to have occurred billions of years later than previously suspected.

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NASA's wants new ideas for troubled Mars Sample Return

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA has selected 10 studies aimed at finding more affordable and quicker means of retrieving samples collected from the Martian surface and returning them to Earth. Yes, one of them is from SpaceX and calls for sending Starship to Mars.

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SpaceX

Astronauts test SpaceX Starship fit for Artemis 3 spacesuits

(SpaceX)

To prepare for the Artemis 3 moon-landing mission, two astronauts donned Axiom Space's new spacesuits and for the first time tested out a mock version of the vehicle that will get them to the moon: SpaceX's Starship. Find out the result.

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Entertainment

Doctor Who 'Dot and Bubble' space slugs explained

(BBC/Disney Plus)

There's trouble in paradise — and for the social media-obsessed residents of Finetime, it runs much deeper than wearing the wrong outfit. In the fifth episode of "Doctor Who," called"'Dot and Bubble," a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.

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