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SpaceX successfully launches its 14th Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX successfully launches its 14th Falcon 9 rocket

Elon Musk and amp;#39;s SpaceX just successfully completed their 14th Falcon 9 rocket launch, and the company has plans for another launch later this week. SpaceX and amp;#39;s ability to operate missions in quick succession will help to continue to lower costs and boost accessibility to space. Oct 10, 2017
Watch superboldie meteorite explode over China

Watch superboldie meteorite explode over China

A huge fireball lit up the sky over southwestern China when a meteoroid entered the Earths atmosphere and burst into flames. NASA data put the velocity of the fireball at 14.6 kilometers per second, generating impact energy equivalent to 540 tons of TNT as it blazed across the night sky near the border with Myanmar. Oct 6, 2017
New horizons flyover of Pluto

New horizons flyover of Pluto

Described as Plutos bladed terrain the ridges are found at high altitudes along the equatorial region. They can be several hundred feet tall, some as tall as New York City skyscrapers and have been described as one of Pluto and amp;#39;s most puzzling features. Sep 28, 2017
Arctic ice on record low

Arctic ice on record low

Nasas report on the summer melt mentions that temperatures have been moderate through the season, in some regions, they say, it was actually cooler than average, but the 2017 minimum ice level– the amount of ice that remains in the Arctic Ocean after the summer melt– average is 1.58 million square kilometres less than the 1981-2010 average minimum. Sep 21, 2017
OSIRIS-REx outbound cruise and gravity assist

OSIRIS-REx outbound cruise and gravity assist

After a year orbiting the sun, OSIRIS-REx will make a flyby of Earth in September 2017. Earth and amp;#39;s gravitational field will pull the spacecraft towards the planet where it can borrow a small amount of Earth and amp;#39;s orbital energy. Sep 20, 2017
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