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Good morning, space fans
We are kicking off the week with an exciting science mission launching from Japan. The Japanese MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) sample-return mission will launch to the Mars moon Phobos today, and if all goes to plan the spacecraft will eventually collect a piece of the moon to return to Earth for study. Speaking of moons, in a dive down the space mysteries rabbit hole, we revisit the theory of how our moon formed. Was it from a collision between Earth and an ancient, giant object? What happened there? And in a heartwarming move, the Artemis II astronauts have been awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal at Starmus, joining fellow awardees Jane Goodall, Buzz Aldrin and David Attenborough.
Check out what's big in space below:
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The world will miss Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering programmer who helped NASA land Apollo astronauts on the moon. But we will always have her example to inspire us.
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Tesla just unveiled its new Roadster with a spectacular stunt, using SpaceX thrusters to make the sleek vehicle "fly."
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The Artemis II crew have joined an impressive list of honourees, including Buzz Aldrin, Jane Goodall and David Attenborough.
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From the Costa del Sol to whitewashed mountain villages, here are 10 of the best places in southern Spain to experience the Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse.
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Using NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft, astronomers have studied a horde of mysterious "failed stars," or brown dwarfs, not-so-stellar loners that wander the darkness of space alone.
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Known as the giant-impact hypothesis, this proposed event involves a collision between Earth and a hypothetical Mars-sized protoplanet astronomers call Theia.
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The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite mission captured a close-up of West Antarctica from its perch high above Earth.
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On Episode 232 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Chelsea Gohd to talk about the recent large data dump from the Artemis II mission.
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John Stewart goes rogue in Sector 2814 and embraces fear hopefully leading into season 2
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And that's it for our space update today.
Did you see the Tesla roadster lift off of the ground with SpaceX thrusters last week? We're still thinking about that too. It's not a flying car, it's not a rocket ... we really don't know what to call it. What would you call it? Looking into this week, we can't wait to see Japan launch its sample-return mission. Imagine, soon we might have a piece of a Martian moon right here on Earth. While we can do a lot of incredible science from afar, this could allow scientists to understand the Mars environment and the system's history even better than before.
Space.com is representing at Brian May's Starmus event right now, where Artemis II astronauts have been awarded the Stephen Hawking Medal. We're eager to see what else we might learn from the event chock-full of scientists, astronauts and the odd rockstar or two. And we still have our calendars marked to try and catch a glimpse of the Taurids meteor shower. These "Halloween fireballs" are fun to try and spot in the Halloween night sky. If you happen to catch any, let us know! To follow closely along and stay up to date with all things space, you can now get Space.com right in the palm of your hand with our new app available now on iOS and Android.
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Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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