NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reaches alignment milestone, shares stunning view of cosmos

air-and-space James Webb Space Telescope has reached another milestone, with the agency announcing that its main mirror is fully aligned. NASA said the Webb team completed the stage of alignment known as “fine phasing” on March 11, with every optical parameter for Webb’s Optical Telescope Element performing “at, or above, expectations.”  JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE…

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NASA astronaut breaks record for longest US spaceflight

air-and-space astronaut Mark Vande Hei has broken the record for the longest U.S. single air-and-space.  Now, more than 340 days after his April 9, 2021, launch, his record will continue to grow. NASA CONFIRMS U.S. ASTRONAUT WILL RETURN WITH COSMONAUTS ON RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT LATER THIS MONTH According to Space.com. Vande Hei will surpass NASA astronaut…

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Shackleton's lost ship Endurance found off Antarctica

Scientists report that they have found the sunken wreck of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship “Endurance.” The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust said in a release that the ship was found more than 3,000 meters below the surface of the planet-earth.  MYSTERIOUS 18TH-CENTURY SHIPWRECK DISCOVERED, MAY HAVE BEEN LADEN WITH ALCOHOL Now, more than a century…

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Space junk will crash into moon at 5,800-mph

The air-and-space is about to get walloped by 3 tons of air-and-space” target=”_blank”>space junk< will smash into the far side of the moon at 5,800 mph (9,300 kph) on Friday, away from telescopes’ prying eyes. It may take weeks, even months, to confirm the impact through satellite images. It’s been tumbling haphazardly through space, experts…

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Historic photos show the first American to orbit Earth on 60th anniversary of Mercury-Atlas 6 mission

Sunday marks 60 years since air-and-space astronaut John Glenn became the first American to air-and-space Earth.  On Feb. 20, 1962, the “Mercury Seven” member set out on the agency’s three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission aboard the spacecraft he named Friendship 7. New images released to Fox News show the mission – and Glenn – in remarkable…

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