Axiom Space develops commercial spacesuits and a space station
Axiom Space is a privately funded company busy with commercial space flight plans, including a crew to ISS in 2022, spacesuits, and even a space station.
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Are the December solstice and January perihelion related?
December solstice 2021 comes on December 21. Earth will be closest to the sun just 2 weeks later, on January 4. Coincidence?
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Space weather: Your 5 questions answered
NASA answers 5 questions about space weather, from what does it do to Earth and how is it monitored to how can we prepare.
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Now, for James Webb Space Telescope, â30 days of terrorâ
The James Webb Space Telescope will take about a month to unfurl as it travels to L2. Some are calling it Webb’s “30 days of terror.”
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Twilight in 1, 2, 3 stages
Twilight is that magical time between sunlight and darkness. Astronomers, the experts on nighttime, recognize three stages of twilight.
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Astronauts shelter from debris: Kessler syndrome coming to life?
Renewed urgency as space debris threatens the ISS: NASA scientist Donald Kessler developed the Kessler syndrome theory in 1978, describing how crowded satellites might trigger cascading collisions.
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SpaceXâs Crew-3 mission on schedule for October 31 launch
Four astronauts will take off on a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station on October 31, 2021, as part of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission. Current liftoff time is scheduled for 2:21 a.m. (06:21 UTC) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Watch the Progress 79 cargo launch October 27
On October 27, 2021, Russiaâs uncrewed Progress 79 cargo craft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hereâs how to watch.
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Virtual reality universe unveiled
Researchers have amassed terabytes of data from a slew of telescopes to create the Virtual Reality Universe Project, a map of our cosmos.
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Russians Beat Tom Cruise to Filming First Movie in Space with 15 Days of Shooting Aboard the ISS
Russia has a history of beating us Yankees into space, and along with being the first to send a dog, man, and woman into the arms of the final frontier, they just became the first nation to send an actress and film crew up there. Slated for two weeks of filming aboard the International Space […]
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