WASHINGTON — Startup Inversion Space says its first flight of a reentry vehicle was “profoundly valuable” even though the vehicle did not reenter.
Inversion Space said May 1 it had completed the flight of its Ray vehicle, launched as…
Category: 2. Space
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Why the Sky Glows Green Over Chile’s Desert – And It’s Not an Aurora
Hidden away in the darkest corners of Earth’s atmosphere, a faint green airglow quietly paints the night sky, far from the bustling interference of light pollution. Captured above the La Silla Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, this…
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The One-Armed Wonder: Hubble Captures a Twisted Galaxy in Dazzling Detail
A distant and dazzling spiral galaxy, Arp 184 (NGC 1961), captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals a stunningly lopsided structure, with one prominent star-strewn arm stretching toward Earth. This cosmic oddity resides in the constellation…
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Once-in-a-Lifetime Sky Show: A “New Star” Will Soon Light Up the Night
May skies are brimming with action: shooting stars from Halley’s Comet, brilliant planets at dawn and dusk, and a once-in-a-lifetime nova that could light up the night sky any day now. Eta Aquarids & Waiting for a Nova! The annual Eta Aquarid…
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Sols 4527-4528: ‘Boxwork Ahoy!’ – NASA Science
Written by Natalie Moore, Mission Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems
Earth planning date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
We’re back in our standard “touch and go” plan regime today, where we sandwich a midday…
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Army creates space career field for enlisted soldiers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is establishing its first-ever dedicated space career field for enlisted personnel, a shift that military officials say will better prepare the force for modern conflicts that span land, sea, air, cyber…
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Easy vote turns Musk’s dreams for Starbase city in Texas into reality
Voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of making Starbase into its own independent city in the southern US state of Texas.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s…
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