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Orion Will ‘Skip Like a Rock’ Across Earth’s Atmosphere During Upcoming Reentry
The Artemis 1 mission is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the hard part is over. The uncrewed Orion spacecraft, currently on its way home from the Moon, must still survive a harrowing reentry through Earth’s atmosphere if it’s to perform a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA is hoping that a…
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Watch Live as Orion Performs Final Lunar Flyby and Sets a Course for Home
NASA’s Orion spacecraft has executed its final close flyby of the Moon, in what is expected to be the last major course correction of the Artemis 1 mission Update: 4:20 am AEDT: Orion successfully completed its return flyby burn, which began at 3:43 am AEDT and lasted for 3 minutes and 27 seconds. The maneuver…
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Webb Telescope Turns Its Eye on Saturn’s Mysterious Moon Titan
The Webb Space Telescope snapped images of Saturn’s moon Titan last month, which are now released for our viewing pleasure. The images offer a newly detailed view of Titan’s atmospheric makeup and even elements of its strange surface.
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DNA Barcoding Could Be the Solution to Tracking Mosquito-Borne Viruses
New research from Colorado State University could see mosquitos embedded with DNA barcodes to track the diseases they carry.