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Five Science "Facts" that Are Widely Believed but Wrong
SUMMARY "Facts" that are not quite correct: 1) There is no gravity in space 2) Nothing can go faster than the speed of light. 3) Bees shouldn’t be able to fly according to physics. I will explain this using Physics 4) Humans evolved from...
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China's Tianwen-2 Probe To Collect Samples From An Earth Quasi-Moon - Launch Prep Underway
The Tianwen-2 probe is being prepped for launch at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The probe will "collect samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 and conducting an exploration of comet...
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Successful launch of Atlas V rocket toward space station
Private vehicle is carrying supplies to ISS crew
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OTD In Space - July 11: Abandoned Skylab Returns To Earth
On July 11, 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth as it burned up in the atmosphere, showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The last crew left the space station in 1974....
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See Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' Nose Cone In Qualification Tests
Rocket Lab has been conducting qualification tests for the Neutron rocket's reusuable 'hungry hippo' nose cone and fins. Credit: Rocket Lab
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OTD In Space - July 5: Russian Cargo Ship Arrives At Space Station
On July 5, 2015, the Russian Progress 60 cargo ship successfully docked with the International Space Station. The spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 3. It was packed with more than 3 tons of food,...
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A Bottle Of Merlot That Was Aged In Space And Worth Over $1 Million
This was what happened to a bottle of Château Pétrus Merlot that spent a year aboard the International Space Station which was later auctioned at Christie's - reported at a price tag of over $1 million! You won't believe what exposure to...
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OTD In Space - June 11: International Crew Returns To Earth
On June 11, 2015, NASA astronaut Terry Virts, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency and Russian Anton Shkaplerov returned to Earth after 199 days on the International Space Station. The trio made up the...
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Chinese Astronaut Lights Candle With Match On Tiangong Space Station To Demonstrate Flame Behaviour
Chinese astronaut conduct a spherical flame experiment during an orbit to ground space lecture using a match and a candle. Note: Video is in Mandarin - No translation available. Credit: China Central Television
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China Rescues Two Satellites Stranded On Orbit With Help Of Moon's Gravity
China used the moon's gravity as a slingshot to help get a pair of damaged satellites into the correct orbit after the launch failed to do so. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) | CGTN
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OTD In Space - June 5: Endeavour Launches On Mission To ISS
On June 5, 2002, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on the STS-111 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station. The launch was originally scheduled for May 30th, but was delayed first by bad...
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Born To Be In Space - Astronaut Don Pettit Highlights Amazing Space Station Science Mission
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station, completing his 4th mission to the orbital outpost. See some of the science he conducted and photography he captured. Credit: NASA
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OTD In Space - May 27: Expedition 20 Doubles Space Station's Crew Size
On May 27, 2009, three astronauts launched to the International Space Station to complete the crew of Expedition 20. Expedition 20 was the first six-person crew to live and work at the space station for a long-duration stay. Russian...
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China Begins Developing Artificial Intelligence Constellation In Space With Satellite Launch
A Long March-2D rocket launched the first batch of the Three-Body Computing Constellation from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The constellation is designed to "host thousands of satellites with a total computing...
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OTD In Space - May 23: NASA Astronauts Take Impromptu Spacewalk
On May 23, 2017, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer took an urgent and unplanned spacewalk to replace a broken data relay box outside of the International Space Station. The problematic device, known as a...
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OTD In Space - May 22: SpaceX Launches 1st Private Cargo Mission To The International Space Station
On May 22, 2012, SpaceX launched the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. The Dragon was the first American spacecraft to visit the space station since NASA ended the space shuttle program almost a year earlier....
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OTD In Space - May 16: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches On Final Flight
On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight. This was also the penultimate mission of the entire shuttle program. Five NASA astronauts and one Italian astronaut made up the STS-134 crew. They...
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China's Shenzhou 19 Crew Conducts Spacewalk Outside Tiangong Space Station
Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong conducted a spacewalk outside the Tiangong Space Station. Their tasks includes the "installation of the space station's debris protection device and inspection of extravehicular equipment,"...
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OTD In Space - May 12: Last Spacewalk At Mir Space Station
On May 12, 2000, two Russian cosmonauts embarked on the 80th and final spacewalk at the Mir space station. This was also the first commercially financed spacewalk. A private company called Mircorp paid to launch two cosmonauts, Sergei...
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Soyuz Crew Docks With ISS - Watch This Amazing Time-Lapse
NASA's Jonny Kim along with Russia's Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, launched to the International Space Station atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA...
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OTD In Space - April 28: World's 1st Space Tourist Launches To Space Station
On April 28, 2001, the world's first space tourist hitched a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The 60-year-old businessman and multimillionaire Dennis Tito funded his own trip to space, and it cost...
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Chinese Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk To 'install Debris Protection Devices' On Space Station
Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong conducted a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station. "The primary task was "to install debris protection devices outside" Tiangong to "safeguard its external cables from debris impact,"...
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OTD In Space - April 19: World's 1st Space Station Launches Into Orbit
On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1. This space station was a modified version of the Soviet Union's Almaz space station, which was part of a highly classified military program and was...
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OTD In Space - April 3: Soviet Union Launches Salyut 2 Space Station
On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the second space station ever launched and the first military space station. The Soviet Union told the rest of the world that Salyut 2 was a...