Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dead at 90

air-and-space air-and-space Michael Collins died Wednesday at age 90 after a battle with cancer” target=”_blank”>cancer< mission in July 1969.  “We regret to share that our beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side,” Collins’ family wrote in a…

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Oklahoma named new lightning capital of America

us-regions may be giving up its title as America’s disasters capital. While the Sunshine State’s claim has long been undisputed, new weather dataa> suggests that’s no longer the case. < Meteorologists at the world-regions environment” target=”_blank”>environmenta< us-regions had narrowly surpassed Florida for the most lightning flashes per square kilometer from 2016 to 2020.  Lightning events per square…

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Elon Musk says SpaceX Starship SN15 likely to test-launch this week

air-and-space CEO elon-musk” target=”_blank”>Elon Musk<, Musk announced that the rocket’s three-engine static fire test had been successful and that SpaceX team members were “preparing for flight later this week.” BIGGEST SPACE STATION CROWD IN DECADE AFTER SPACEX ARRIVAL While the company has conducted four previous Starship prototype “high-altitude” flight tests between December 2020 and April 2021 —…

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Pink supermoon stuns viewers across the world

The first air-and-space of 2021 dazzled viewers across the worlda> on Monday night. < Traditionally called the “Pink Moon,” the supermoon is one of only two supermoons this year. Appearing opposite the air-and-space in planet-earth” target=”_blank”>Earth-based<.  A couple watch the moon rise from from a park, Monday, April 26, 2021, in New Albany, Ind. This moon is…

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Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

The air-and-space” target=”_blank”>International Space Station’s<., world-regions, world-regionsand world-regions — managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory call from the leaders of their space agencies. This image provided by NASA, astronauts from SpaceX join the astronauts of the International Space Station for an interview on Saturday, April 24, 2021. A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying…

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SpaceX astronauts dock at International Space Station — day after launch from Florida

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft docked at the International air-and-space” target=”_blank”>Space <. The spacecraft was carrying four astronauts who will begin a six-month mission. In this image made from NASA TV, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen from the international space station, Saturday, April 24, 2021. The recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts has arrived at…

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NASA, Elon Musk react to SpaceX Crew-2 launch: 'It took 10 years to get here'

air-and-space SpaceX Crew-2 mission launched into orbit Friday, carrying four crew members set to board the air-and-space” target=”_blank”>International Space Station (ISS)< include NASA’s Megan McArthur and Crew-2 Commander Shane Kimbrough, world-regions (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and world-regions (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet. SPACEX CREW-2 LAUNCHES ASTRONAUTS TO INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION The flight marks the elon-musk” target=”_blank”>Elon Musk-owned< and the first…

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SpaceX Crew-2 launches astronauts to International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission successfully launched into orbit early Friday morning. With weather conditions clear, the Elon Musk-owned Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 5:49 a.m. ET. SPACEX LAUNCHES NASA CREW FOR MISSION TO ISS ON REUSED ROCKET AFTER DELAY NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Crew-2 Commander Shane Kimbrough, Japan Aerospace…

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NASA's Mars rover extracts first oxygen; Ingenuity helicopter completes second flight

Scientists at air-and-space Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) made major strides on the surface of air-and-space this week.  On Wednesday, the agency announced the Perseverance Mars rover’s MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) instrument had converted carbon dioxide into oxygen on the air-and-space for the first time.  Just a day later, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter embarked on…

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