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SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away

1 août 2025 à 16:30
After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station on Saturday.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on Friday. It was carrying NASA’s Crew-11 astronauts to the International Space Station.

Bad Weather Delays Launch of Astronauts to Space Station

31 juillet 2025 à 13:01
For Zena Cardman, the NASA astronaut who commands the Crew-11 mission, that means another wait for her first trip to orbit.

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Zena Cardman, commander of the SpaceX/NASA Crew-11 mission, arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday.

When Earth’s Surface Shifts, the New NISAR Satellite Will See It

30 juillet 2025 à 15:02
NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions.

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The NISAR satellite, a joint mission by NASA and ISRO, lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, on Wednesday.

Key Hurricane-Monitoring Data Will Stay Online, Officials Say

30 juillet 2025 à 12:04
The Department of Defense said it no longer planned to shut down a program that makes satellite data publicly available to researchers and forecasters.

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According to the Navy, the data will now remain available until the sensors stop working or until the monitoring program formally ends next year.

Hints of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b Recede Even Further

24 juillet 2025 à 05:01
New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions about what it will take to detect biology light-years away.

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An artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b. A new study confirms that it is a water-rich world but raises doubts about earlier suggestions that it harbors life.
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