April 6, 2023
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Pink Moon delights skywatchers around the world
(Allen J. Schaben/Getty Images)
The first moon of spring 2023 thrilled stargazers overnight last night as the Full Pink Moon reaches its peak today! Don't miss these amazing views of the moon from space fans and photographers.
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SpaceX stacks huge Starship for orbital launch (video)
(SpaceX)
SpaceX stacked its giant Starship vehicle on Wednesday, lifting the Ship 24 upper-stage prototype onto the Booster 7 first stage at the company's Starbase facility in South Texas. The view is amazing.
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Watch SpaceX launch NASA experiment & satellite tonight
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SpaceX is set to launch a commercial communications satellite into orbit with an NASA Earth science instrument aboard for the ride early Friday and you can watch live online.
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Space Quiz! What is Europe's new Jupiter probe called?
Find out the answer HERE!
VoteJupiter Icy Satellite Spacecraft
VoteJuno Jupiter Moon Orbiter
VoteJupiter Icy Moons Orbiter
VoteJupiter Icy Moons Explorer
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Spaceflight
Launch of Europe's 1st Jupiter probe is just a week away
(Arianespace)
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe, or JUICE for short, is scheduled to lift off atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT) on April 13. That's just one week from now!
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Science & Astronomy
What would happen if an asteroid was headed to Earth?
(Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Scientists have devised an exercise in which a hypothetical asteroid 2023 PDC strikes Earth, calculating the kind of devastation that could ensue from such an impact.
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Technology
India lands space plane prototype for 1st time
(ISRO)
India has for the first time autonomously landed its reusable space plane prototype, marking a major milestone in the country's pursuit of low-cost access to space.
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Search for Life
Ingredients for life discovered in Perseus space cloud
(Gabriel Pérez Díaz (IAC))
A "soup" of molecules in a distant star-forming cloud contains compounds that are considered the essential building blocks for life, astronomers have found. These molecules can contribute to the construction of amino-acids, which themselves form the basis of genetic material and are believed to have been essential in the development of the first microorganisms on Earth.
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