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    NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system on Sept. 26, 2022. See the final moments of the spacecraft's existence and reaction from the team at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab.

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    Artemis 1 rocket crawls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to seek shelter from Hurricane Ian impending impacts.

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    Pretty cool to see.

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    Latest SpaceX mission to the ISS.

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    SpaceX launches a mission with Galaxy sats.

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    I find this lapse very fascinating.

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    Firefly Aerospace.

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    SpaceX Falcon Heavy sends satellites aloft for the U.S Space Force.

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    Artemis 1 finally left the launch pad after many failed attempts die to technical issues as well as weather delays.

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    Orion spacecraft in space now after being carried by Artemis 1.

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    More Artemis 1/Orion space craft testing.

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    The Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) programme led by Airbus has successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The approval of this milestone with ESA confirms that the satellite design is compliant with all mission requirements ensuring that mission objectives and user needs will be met. LSTM is part of the Copernicus programme established to fulfil the need among European policy-makers to access accurate and timely information services to better manage the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security. LSTM addresses three key climate elements of concern: farming and food security, irrigation and water scarcity, and urban heat islands and energy efficiency. “By measuring global temperature exchanges, LSTM will help shed light on how to adapt to climate change, particularly in support of agriculture management services. It is the first Copernicus mission awarded to a Spanish company and the third ESA mission to be primed by Airbus, after CHEOPS and Ingenio,” said Luis Guerra, responsible for Airbus Space Systems in Spain. “The programme development is on schedule thanks to a huge team effort and we are on track for launch of the first of the two satellites in 2028.”

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    Dream Chaser Tenacity.

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    More Artemis 1 updates.

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    The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle recently broke a record in terms of the length of time spent in orbit for that type of vehicle. The X-37B is a reusable space plane that was built by Boeing and it recently returned to earth when it touched-down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 12. The space plane was aloft for a period of 908 days in orbit. It broke the previous record of 780 days in orbit.

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    NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

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    For those who want more of this kind of thing...

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    A look at the launch site after Artemis 1 launch...some damage reported.

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    Finding evidence of life on Mars?