space
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Bennu Is Now The Smallest Object Ever Orbited By A Spacecraft
The new year has brought important milestones for two space missions – but only one of them deals in the very survival of the human species.
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Live Updates On The New Horizons Flyby Of Ultima Thule
Just hours into 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft was confirmed to have made its flyby of the mysterious Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule without issue.
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ICYMI: The Best Photos Of Last Week’s Green Comet
Those of you with dark enough skies last week might have caught a glimpse of the green comet 46P/Wirtanen. It was bright enough to see with the naked eye, and occurred alongside the Geminid meteor shower.
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SpaceX Wraps Up 2018 With First National Security Launch For U.S. Government
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its first national security payload for the U.S. government (specifically the Air Force) on Sunday, delivering a roughly $711 million GPS satellite constructed by Lockheed Martin into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 8:51 a.m. ET, the Guardian reported.