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Happy Friday, Space Fans! It's been a week since NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts returned home from the moon, but the mission goes on. Case in point: Our top story today comes straight from Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman, himself, who assures us NASA will be landing humans on the moon soon. Check it out.
And that's not all (is it ever?). Because there's a chance to see northern lights for folks in the Northern U.S., we get an official Artemis 2 heat shield update and MORE news about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! See it all below.
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| Space Quiz: What was the main problem with the Artemis 2 space toilet? |
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| Artemis: NASA's new moonshot |
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So, I mentioned the Artemis 2 heat shield and for good reason. There was a lot of social media chatter this week about how it performed during reentry. Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman puts the speculation to bed. Here's what he says.
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Okay, we admit it. We gave the space toilet on Artemis 2 a hard time. The moon mission's four astronauts said that, despite the glitches, it was a pretty good perk to have when you're 250,000 miles from home.
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If you live in the northern U.S. and have clear, dark skies, you may be in luck. Thanks to a recent solar storm, there's a good chance to see the northern lights in the northernmost states. Here's what to know.
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The Space Force is taking a more front-and-center role in U.S. conflicts abroad, it seems, with its chief hailing its forces as "combat credible" in the U.S.-Iran conflict. But what are they doing? Here's what the top general says.
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Every comet that has a brush with the sun comes through it forever changed (if it makes it through at all). But what happened to the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has caught scientists by surprise. Here's what they found.
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So we know about using rockets and space planes to launch into space. But what about a good old lunge? Well, our crack gaming experts have found a surprising way to reach space in the hit game 'Crimson Desert.' Warning: It's pretty stabby.
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Hubble images never fail to amaze and our photo of the day here proves it. What your seeing is IC 486, a barred spiral galaxy some 380 million light-years from Earth. Here's why scientists are intrigued.
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For our space history flashback today, we can't seem to get away from Apollo missions. Today in 1970, three Apollo 13 astronauts splashed down after surviving a harrowing trip around the moon. See how the near-disaster ended in triumph in this video.
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And that's a wrap for today's space news, as well as the week off Earth. There is still some excitement to come over the weekend. In addition to the aurora potential, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is now set to launch early Sunday (April 19), so we'll have that live when it lifts off - and maybe lands.
Until then, keep looking up and have a great weekend!
Tariq Malik
Editor-in-Chief, Space.com
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