Auroras can be seen from space station in ‘wild’ timelapse from NASA Crew-11 astronaut
Auroras on Earth are a stunning sight to behold — and a rare one at that from Florida and most of the continental U.S.
Lucky enough to have witnessed a phenomenon that in the Northern Hemisphere is known as the northern lights? Well, now imagine what that would look like from about 250 miles above.
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X-37B mission: What to know about secret Space Force space plane launch this week
A secret space plane from the U.S. Space Force is set to fly on its eighth mission — one aimed at demonstrating critical space technology for deep space exploration.
Just under six months post-landing, the Boeing-built X-37B Space Force space plane is slated to fly again no earlier than 11:40 p.m. Thursday, August 21, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
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Launch recap: SpaceX rocket launches secret Space Force X-37B space plane in Florida
Launch recap: Live updates from USSF-36 mission, which launched at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
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NASA moon reactor directive, X-37B mission and Cargo Dragon launch | Space Beat
NASA’s received marching orders to develop and build a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s. The reason? The United States is now in a renewed space race with Russia and China to build a power source on the moon and claim our stake on the lunar surface.
This is just one of the topics discussed on this week’s episode of Space Beat. Today, host Rob Landers and space team reporter Brooke Edwards talk about: the new NASA directive; the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B and its mission to check GPS signal strength near the moon; an update on Artemis II and plans for the program moving forward; and how the International Space Station will get boost from an upcoming SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission.
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SpaceX rocket launches mysterious X-37B space plane from Kennedy Space Center in Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the X-37B Space Force space plane back into orbit late on Thursday, Aug. 21 — marking the mysterious uncrewed vehicle’s eighth mission.
The mission, known as USSF-36, launched at 11:50 p.m. from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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‘A different breed’: SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase still rising from South Texas sand flats
BOCA CHICA, Texas — Mirages shimmered across the sand flats amid the 95-degree South Texas sun approaching SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase, where a huge Starship rocket and two Super Heavy boosters loomed on the horizon like a setting from a “Dune” movie.
Vehicles jounce eastward toward Starbase along sparsely populated Boca Chica Boulevard, the lone two-lane road leading from “civilization” near Brownsville to SpaceX’s isolated Starship operations nearly a half-hour away. Years of heavy construction-truck traffic headed to SpaceX’s futuristic facilities battered this asphalt into long stretches of shock-absorber-pounding patched potholes.
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SpaceX rocket launch recap: CRS-33 NASA resupply mission from Cape Canaveral early Sunday
Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from the CRS-33 mission, which launched at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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CRS-33: SpaceX launches 50th Dragon to ISS on resupply mission for NASA from Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into the clear night sky on Sunday, Aug. 24, hoisting a Dragon spacecraft full of supplies to the International Space Station.
Known as CRS-33, the mission took off at 2:45 a.m. from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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