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‘Mini-moon’ about to enter Earth’s orbit and stick around for months | Science & Tech News
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The moon will get a companion this week as an asteroid around the length of a double-decker bus enters Earth’s orbit. The temporary guest, called 2024 PT5, should arrive on 29 September and is expected to befriend the regular moon for around two months. “A mini-moon is a small object orbiting another solar system body,”…
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Boeing’s faulty Starliner spacecraft heading back to Earth – leaving astronauts in orbit | Science & Tech News
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The Starliner space capsule which developed faults as it transported two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) is to be flown back to Earth unmanned on Friday. It should be taking test pilots Sunita “Suni” Williams and Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore back to Earth, but the pair are staying on the ISS instead…
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Boeing had enough problems on Earth – now it has them in orbit too | Science & Tech News
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There are worse places to suffer a travel delay than on the International Space Station. At least astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams get to gaze at the planet rotating beneath them as they wait for engineers to work out what’s gone wrong with their spacecraft’s thrusters so they can fly home. In a news…
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US launches another spy into orbit – here’s what we know about the hundreds of satellites watching us | Science & Tech News
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The US launched a reconnaissance satellite into orbit on Tuesday, the second reconnaissance satellite to go up in as many days. On Monday, South Korea sent its second into space, after the first went up in December. The country has a contract with SpaceX to send up three more reconnaissance satellites by 2025. North Korea…
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NASA’s SpaceX crew leave treats behind on International Space Station as they splash down after months in orbit | Science & Tech News
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Four astronauts from four different countries have safely returned to Earth as they splashed down near Florida after 199 days in orbit. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 went around the planet 3,184 times during their more than six months on the International Space Station (ISS). The group was made up of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space…
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Japan: New H3 flagship rocket reaches orbit in key test after failed debut last year | Science & Tech News
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Japan’s new H3 flagship rocket has reached orbit following a successful launch – in a key test almost a year after its debut flight failed. H3 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in the southwest of the country on Saturday morning, after a two-day delay due to bad weather. The rocket reached orbit at…
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Iran sends space capsule carrying animals into orbit | World News
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Iran said it has launched a capsule into space carrying animals as it prepares to send up astronauts in the next few years. The capsule went 80 miles into orbit, according to a report by the official IRNA news agency that quoted telecommunications minister Isa Zarepour. He said the launch of the 1,000lb (450kg) capsule…
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Planets floating in pairs without star to orbit found in distant nebula | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say they have discovered planet-like objects in a distant nebula unconnected to any star to orbit – and floating in pairs. Images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the Orion Nebula in the clearest detail yet, and researchers say closer investigations throw up a surprising phenomenon. Around 40 gassy “planets” have been…
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Astronomers find first ‘mind-blowing’ evidence of exoplanets sharing same orbit | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have found the first possible evidence of two planets outside our solar system sharing the same orbit. A cloud of debris was detected near a distant world, thought to be the building blocks of a new celestial body or remnants of an old one. If correct in their assessment, experts say it would be…
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Richard Branson ends Virgin Orbit operations after UK space mission failure | Science & Tech News
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has announced it will be shutting down. It comes a few months after a space mission ended in disappointment, when a rocket carrying the first satellites launched from the UK failed to reach orbit and was lost. On Tuesday, the firm revealed it was closing down after its assets were sold…