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「Designated E20001, this newly assembled RS-25 engine is one of four core stage engines that will help power the SLS rocket during the Artemis V mission.」

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NEW: Asteroid 2024 YR4 may threaten Earth. It won't be the last. But, there's good news: we're about to get two new anti-asteroid weapons. For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about Vera Rubin Observatory and NEO Surveyor—and how both will make the world safer. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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Astronomers will turn the James Webb Space Telescope towards asteroid 2024 YR4 next month. The most powerful telescope ever launched into space will provide a more accurate estimate of the size of the asteroid, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032. blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc...

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Vast Space has seen good results from initial testing of a qualification article for its Haven-1 space station. But the launch of that station has slipped from late 2025 to no earlier than May 2026. spacenews.com/vast-begins-...

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Big news! We’ve just launched some new accounts 🎉 Give them a follow: 🔭 @esascience.esa.int 🧑‍🚀 @esaexploration.esa.int 🚀 @esatransport.esa.int 🌍 @esaearth.esa.int 📡 @esaoperations.esa.int ⚙️ @esatechnology.esa.int 🛰️ @esaconnectivity.esa.int Stay tuned for exciting things ahead! 💙✨

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(1/n) A few links with good information and data on #2024YR4 asteroid: MPC data: www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/sh... www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K24/K24... IAWN notification: iawn.net/documents/NO... IAWN summary: iawn.net/obscamp/2024... JPL CNEOS: cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/detai...

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«Researchers in the US are reeling after the administration of new president issued an order on 27 January that froze all federal grants and loans. […] many US universities to advise faculty members against spending federal grant dollars on travel, new research projects, equipment and more.» Wow.

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Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...

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@esa.int Welcome to BlueSky!

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Wow. Hezel et al.: MetBase has been migrated into Astromat (search.astromat.org). Millions of data points on chemical and isotopic compositions of meteorites are now available! Epic! 🔭🧪☄️🪐 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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There are two countries that refer to geostationary orbit in the Constitution (in the respective section defining borders and natural resources): Bulgaria and Colombia; both countries have their constitutions adopted in the same year—1991—and both revised them in 2015.

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Alright, let’s go already!

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“ULA has an incremental plan to upgrade its Centaur V upper stage to fly long-duration space missions: «lightning fast, long range, lethal if necessary»”

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Cool interactive article from @nytimes.com on Russian Cosmos-2553 satellite (click and just keep scrolling) 👇

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«Sources have indicated that the payload capacity of the current iteration of New Glenn is closer to 25 metric tons than its advertised mass of 45 tons.» Oh, my.

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@bsky.app I can't find one of my own Feeds to add to a Starter Pack that I created—is this a bug or a feature? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? I spent a lot of time creating a nice list/feed for myself, but I can't add it to a Starter Pack.

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"The finding suggests that the Moon might have had a broader window of impact bombardment early on in its history than scientists thought and calls into question theories about the evolution of the solar system."

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"Promin 1 use autophagic technology: during launch, the solid propellant, the oxidizer and the fuel tank are designed to burn together. This means that the rocket gets smaller as it gains altitude, shrinking like a burning candle until all that remains is the payload fairing attached to the engine."

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8 successful orbital launches during two days (12.04-12.05), using 6 different launchers on 8 different launchpads from 5 countries; 237 successful orbital launches so far in 2024, a record already, and the year isn't over yet!

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@torybruno.bsky.social Can Vulcan place a fully fueled Centaur V in orbit (without any other payload), while safely deorbit the first stage after separation?

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Shares of SES are currently trading at their lowest level ever, after being recently dropped from the STOXX Europe 600 index; at the beginning of the year, SES announced that it intended to acquire the company Intelsat for €5B, but share price declined almost 50% since then.

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CERN recently released a particle physics free, online course for high-school students that introduces you to fundamental questions, such as “What is a particle?” or “What are charges and interactions?”, leading to more applied questions, such as “What is a particle accelerator?”

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For my Romanian followers: since today is a New Moon, the latest edition of my newsletter, Buletin Cosmic no. 190, is now available! It features the latest space-related news from approximately the past two weeks (since the last Full Moon). Check it out! 👇

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The presence of filaments of organic matter are reported on a space-returned sample of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu. The size and morphology of these filaments is consistent with microorganisms. Spoiler: it’s not aliens 👽

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Just what you need for the holidays... the coziness of a crackling and roaring rocket engine!

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The firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approx. $256.6M, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The Dragonfly mission currently has a targeted launch period of July 5-25, 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Superb space-related exhibition at Museum of Immersive New Art in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, featuring photos and videos from Soyuz-40 mission; cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu had a presentation and offered autographs at the end.

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There are reports from #ISS about toxic smell aboard the newly arrived Progress MS-29 cargo ship, which forced to urgently close the hatch into its cargo compartment Details: www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-...

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🚀 SpaceX a publié une vidéo de l'amerrissage du #Starship vol 6 dans l'océan Indien vu depuis une bouée. La récupération par les bras de la tour de lancement est prévue au 8e vol

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Found my X-mas present, albeit very expensive, it is impossible for me to resists... A knife made by Fontenille Pataud master cutlers with sustainable wood from French Giuana, and metal from Ariane 5 V88/501 booster (yes THAT one) in the handle www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

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Hey @bsky.app, the language selection menu is confusing and superfluous when I want to pick “Romanian”: there is no “Moldovan”, nor “Moldavian” languages; Republic of Moldova officially refers to their language as “Romanian”. Maybe you can simplify the language menu selection in the future?

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