Inside the science fiction realism of “I.S.S.”
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This week, a Sacramento area woman, Sy Vang, will join the elite group of people to grace outer space after death.
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The James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed snapshot of the so-called Pillars of Creation, a vista of three looming towers made of interstellar dust and gas that’s speckled with newly formed stars.
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This eclipse is set to be the longest partial-lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years.
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WATCH NOW: NASA's rover land on Mars! https://t.co/8XyPBmnlcU — NBC Palm Springs (@NBCPalmSprings) February 18, 2021 NASA’s Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed. The rover has been on a nearly 300 million-mile journey since it left Earth more than 6 months ago. Humanity’s love […]
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Blue Origin, the rocket venture founded by Jeff Bezos, launched its space tourism rocket from its West Texas test site to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, marking the first test flight of the rocket in nearly a year. It marked the 13th test flight of New Shepard, as the vehicle is called, but it still […]
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If you’re trying to avoid airborne viruses, heading to a near vacuum might not be the worst idea. A Florida company is planning to fly passengers to the edge of space in a high-tech version of a hot air balloon, with a pilot and up to eight travelers riding in a pressurized capsule suspended from […]
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[bc_video video_id=”6159905280001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”Hkbio1usDM” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] With this being the first manned spaceflight launching from the U.S. in almost a decade, there is much excitement across the nation and here locally. We caught up with a local astronomer at the rancho mirage observatory who had a lot to say about […]