A unique spacecraft slated to launch as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket next month completed the first leg of its quarter-million-mile journey this week when it traveled from Israel to Florida.
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Cloudy skies will obscure lunar eclipse in RI – Turn to 10
The weather will rob Southern New Englanders of their chance to see a total lunar eclipse for themselves on Sunday. The moon, Earth and sun will line up for the only total lunar eclipse this year and next. The moon will be ever so closer to Earth and appear s…
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Dinosaurs never stood a chance after asteroid impacts doubled 290m years ago – Digital Trends
The number of asteroids pummeling the ancient Earth jumped dramatically around 290 million years ago, according to scientists studying the Moon. By looking at Moon craters they discovered that during this period the number of asteroid impacts on both Earth an…
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US spy satellite launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base – AirForceTimes.com
A powerful Delta 4 Heavy rocket carrying a U.S. spy satellite lifted off Saturday from California.
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Dear humans, We thought it was time we looked through YOUR source code. We found a mystery ancestor. Signed, the computers – The Register
Well, computers programmed by AI-wielding bio-boffins
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January Full Moon 2019: Full Wolf Moon Meets a Total Lunar Eclipse – Space.com
Earth’s Shadow Will Swallow Wolf Moon
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Nelson engineer knows the drill as he heads off for an ice cool trip to Antarctica – Stuff.co.nz
A little help could go a long way when a Nelson engineer heads off for a “once in a lifetime” Antarctic experience.
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ULA rocket carrying US spy satellite launched from California after earlier postponements – CNBC
A Delta IV-Heavy rocket carrying a U.S. government spy satellite finally launched into orbit Saturday from California. Technical glitches and unfavorable weather had forced the mission to be scrubbed several times since early December.
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Russia to Create Backup Manned Vehicle for Moon Flights Without NASA Funding – Sputnik International
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin has said that NASA had asked Roscosmos to create a lunar version of the Soyuz spacecraft as a backup manned space transport system for flights to the Moon.
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U.S. spy satellite launched into orbit from California – CBS News
Running more than a month late, a Delta 4 rocket carrying a spy satellite finally blasted off Saturday.
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