For the second time this year, experts can only glimpse and wait as two large .bases come close to a potentially colliding course in low-Earth orbit. An old, discarded Chinese rocket stage and a failed Russian military satellite are scheduled to pass within 12 meters (40 feet) of each other …
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A three-person crew on Wednesday successfully reached the International Space Station on a Russian rocket on Wednesday morning after the fastest journey of barely three hours from Earth. For the Russian space agency Roscosmos, the mission of the Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian astronauts and a NASA astronaut was crucial, while …
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Cape Canaveral, Fla. Instead of a global rock, the newly discovered object appears to be an old rocket from a failed lunar-landing mission 54 years ago, a way to finally return home, according to NASA’s leading asteroid expert. Observations should help nail his identity. “I’m very jaded about this,” Paul …
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It’s been two years and eight months since the historic event and while the interest in Roadster and Starman’s travels has waned a bit, it’s still impressive. Just woke up this morning and while drinking coffee, quietly asking himself, “Gee, I wonder what Starman is today?” As one does, the …
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“A starman is waiting in the sky. He would love to come and meet us, “but he” is 37 million miles away and is busy passing Mars. It has been almost three years since Elon Musk launched the Falcon Heavy Rocket into space carrying his Tesla Roadster Convertible. After David …
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