Space
Under a ‘second moon’, a three-act spectacular comet show is under way
As Earth recruits a rare cosmic visitor, a three-act light show is on display for the next month with a blazing comet. Here’s how to spot it.
- by Angus Dalton
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SpaceX ‘Freedom’ capsule to rescue Starliner crew from space station reaches orbit
The capsule carried just half the regular crew, leaving two seats open for “Suni” Williams and “Butch” Wilmore, who have been stuck on the space station for months.
- by Aaron Gregg
Asteroids the size of stadium and skyscraper hurtle past Earth
NASA declared the two large asteroids “potentially hazardous” to Earth, which in another cosmic event is set to gain a “second moon” next week.
- by Angus Dalton
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Science
‘Puffy-head bird-leg syndrome’: What space travel does to the body
Weird things can happen to the body in space – not least from abrupt changes in gravity as well as weightlessness, radiation and being in close quarters. How do astronauts do it?
- by Jackson Graham
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SpaceX
‘Earth sure looks like a perfect world’: Civilians complete historic space walk
The mission was Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
- by Joey Roulette
SpaceX launches billionaire on first private spacewalk mission
The Falcon 9 crew is shooting for an orbit far beyond the International Space Station — an altitude of 1400 kilometres, which surpasses the record set by NASA’s Project Gemini in 1966.
- by Marcia Dunn
Starliner’s troubled space capsule begins to emit ‘strange’ noises
Last week, NASA officials deemed issues with Starliner’s propulsion system too risky to bring its first crew home as planned, dealing a major blow to Boeing’s struggling space program.
- by Chris Zappone
What AI can learn from the history of the moon landing
In this extract from her book AI Needs You, Verity Harding delves into the motivation of artificial intelligence.
Space headache: Astronauts’ plight piles pressure on Starliner program
NASA deemed the capsule’s troublesome thrusters unsafe for the return journey for two astronauts, creating the latest humiliation for Boeing at the hands of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
- by Joey Roulette
A billionaire adventurer returns to space, this time on a riskier mission
The mission, named Polaris Dawn, hearkens back to the earliest era of space flight, the 1960s, when pioneers pushed the boundaries of what had been accomplished in space
- by Kenneth Chang
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