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Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth

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The Launchpad

Rocket Lab launching Earth-observing radar satellite today

(Rocket Lab)

Rocket Lab will launch a private Earth-observing radar satellite today (July 30), and you can watch it live. An Electron vehicle is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site today during a two-hour window that opens at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT; 4:15 a.m. on July 31 New Zealand time).

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Space Quiz! What happens when overdense patches form in massive clouds of interstellar gas and dust?

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Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters docked at the ISS

(NASA)

The first Boeing Starliner to fly astronauts to space performed a crucial in-space test Saturday (July 27) as the next mission faces a months-long delay. Engineers tested Starliner's reaction control system (RCS) thrusters to prepare for a wider agency review that will evaluate the spacecraft's readiness for landing NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sometime in August, if all goes to plan.

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Skywatching

See the moon meet Mars, and meteors in the sky this week

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From the broad peak of the annual Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower and views of the crescent moon to the rise of Venus and the Milky Way, there is much to see this week (July 29 to August 4) using just your naked eye.

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Spaceflight

Atlas V rocket launches its final national security mission

(ULA)

United Launch Alliance's (ULA) venerable Atlas V rocket flew its final national security mission on Tuesday morning (July 30). The Atlas V launched from Florida's Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 GMT), on a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force called USSF-51.

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SpaceX

SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 5th test flight

(SpaceX)

SpaceX ignited the engines on its newest Starship spacecraft recently to gear up for a coming test flight, which could be just a few weeks away. The company performed a "static fire" with the 165-foot-tall (50 meters) Starship upper stage on Friday afternoon (July 26) at its Starbase facility, near the South Texas city of Brownsville.

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Search for Life

Building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars

(ESO/L. Calçada)

Scientists have long queried how the complex molecules needed for life could have formed around the tumultuous and violent environment of the sun in its youth. A family of meteorites called "chondrites" is theorized to have delivered the right stuff for life to Earth. But the question is, how did complex organic molecules containing elements like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen come to be sealed in these meteorites in the first place?

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Entertainment

'Futurama' stars Billy West and Lauren Tom: Exclusive

(Hulu)

Good news, everyone! Celebrating its 25th anniversary since first debuting on the Fox Network back on March 28, 1999, "Futurama" returns today on the Hulu streaming platform for a 10-episode 12th season of weird and wild exploits in the 31st century.

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Star Trek

'Lower Decks' Season 5 launches crew on one last mission

(Paramount+)

Parting is such sweet sorrow, and that'll certainly be the case when Paramount+'s "Star Trek: Lower Decks" rolls out its fifth and final season starting on Oct. 24, 2024. We'll totally miss "Lower Decks'" zany outer space hilarity enjoyed for the past four seasons and its colorful cast of low-ranking ensigns aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos.

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