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PublishedMarch 5, 2024
Richard Truly, astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86
The naval aviator and test pilot helped rebuild NASA’s space shuttle program after the Challenger explosion before leading the space agency from 1989 to 1992.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2024
A new watchdog satellite will sniff out methane emissions from space
MethaneSAT will cover a vast territory while also gathering data detailed enough to spot the sources of emissions. Industries will find their feet held to the fire.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
U.S. military hopes one day to move supplies, maybe troops, on SpaceX’s Starship
Starship’s potential also includes flying quickly from one spot on Earth to another, which is what has the Department of Defense interested.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2023
Shimmering galaxies revealed in new photos by European space telescope
In one picture, Euclid captured a group shot of 1,000 galaxies in a cluster 240 million light-years away, against a backdrop of more than 100,000 galaxies billions of light-years away.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2023
India’s moon rover completes its walk; scientists analyzing data look for signs of frozen water
The rover's payloads are turned off and the data it collected has been transmitted to the Earth via the lander, the statement said.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2023
Bedside table: ‘No Way’ by S.J. Morden
Book recommendations from readers
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PublishedAugust 9, 2023
Local students’ science experiment headed from Brunswick to stratosphere
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PublishedAugust 7, 2023
Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed
NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX nearly a decade ago to deliver astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is now 3 years into its taxi service. Boeing has only had a pair of space test flights with no one aboard.
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PublishedJune 28, 2023
‘Maine has a brilliant future in space,’ NASA chief says during Brunswick visit
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson promoted Maine's growing space industry as plans for the proposed Maine Space Complex get off the ground.
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PublishedMay 5, 2023
Maine native part of team that found planet engulfed by its star
Morgan MacLeod designed the computer model that helped astronomers study the recent discovery, and what they believe might happen to Earth in about 5 billion years.
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