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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launches carrying passengers William Shatner, Chris Boshuizen, Audrey Powers and Glen de Vries from its spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021.
(photo: AP / LM Otero)
Blue Origin pushes back first launch of giant New Glenn rocket
Knoxville Daily Sun
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will have to wait a little longer for the long-anticipated maiden orbital flight of its brand-new rocket after a launch attempt dragged on for hours before being canceled due to unspecified technical issues. | The towering 320-foot (98-meter) rocket, dubbed New Glenn in hono...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early morning May 4, 2019.
(photo: NASA / Tony Gray and Kenny Allen)
SpaceX launch this morning: Everything to know about Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral
Florida Today
How to see a rocket launch from the beach | The beach is a great place to watch rocket launches, but it can be hard to know in which direction to look. | It's another SpaceX launch day on Florida's Space Coast! | SpaceX is targeting 10:08 a.m. EST to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 a...
Four must-visit winter getaways from North Jersey, and where to stay while you're there
Daily Record Parsippany
NJ Turnpike history and facts you didn't know: Video | The New Jersey Turnpike is the most heavily traveled toll highway in the U.S. In 1951, it became the third modern-day toll road in the nation. | With snow-covered rolling hills, tranquil frozen l...
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers from US, Japan to space
The Siasat Daily
New Delhi: Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched two private lunar landers from the US and Japan to space. | Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA‘s...
How long will Sunita Williams stay in space? NASA astronauts return to Earth delayed to March 2025
The Times Of India
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to return to Earth in February 2025 following the launch of the SpaceX Crew 10. Williams and Wilmore, astronauts Nick Hague, and Aleksandr Gorbunov were launched on June 5, 2024 on Boei...
NASA’s Robert Cabana Receives President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
Space Coast Daily
the agency’s highest ranking civil servant | NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, present Bob Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and colonel in the United States Marine Corps...
Once-in-160,000-Year Comet Could Light Up Skies Worldwide
Greek Reporter
The comet was seen from the International Space Station over the weekend. Credit: Don Pettit/NASA | A bright comet, not seen for 160,000 years, may become visible in skies worldwide in the coming days. It could become the brightest comet of 2025. | O...
Mission to moon carries tiny red Swedish home to space
North Shore News
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish artist is about to have the dream of a lifetime fulfilled: A little red model house he created will be launched into space this week and, if all goes according to plan, put on the surface of the moon. | The Moonhouse, the...
Space
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon cargo module lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early morning May 4, 2019.
(photo: NASA / Tony Gray and Kenny Allen)
SpaceX launch this morning: Everything to know about Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral
Florida Today
How to see a rocket launch from the beach | The beach is a great place to watch rocket launches, but it can be hard to know in which direction to look. | It's another SpaceX launch day on Florida's Space Coast! | SpaceX is targeting 10:08 a.m. EST to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Backup launc...
Science
Simulated view of a black hole in front of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The ratio between the black hole Schwarzschild radius and the observer distance to it is 1:9.
(photo: Creative Commons / Alain r)
A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious pulsing beat
New Scientist
Regular pulses of X-ray radiation emanating from a supermassive black hole could be explained by a white dwarf star on the verge of falling in ... ...



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