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The New York Times 4:24 pm on March 15, 2023
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NASA Unveils a New Moon Spacesuit for Artemis Astronauts

Axiom Space is building the new spacesuits in a commercial partnership similar to the one between the space agency and SpaceX.

#artemis-program, #axiom-space-inc, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #private-spaceflight, #protective-clothing-and-gear, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 11:11 am on March 7, 2023
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The Moon May Get Its Own Time Zone

As different countries plan lunar missions, the European Space Agency says that creating a time zone up there may simplify things.

#european-space-agency, #exploration-and-explorers, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #navigation, #space-and-astronomy, #time

The New York Times 4:00 pm on March 2, 2023
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Hubble Telescope Faces Threat From SpaceX and Other Companies’ Satellites

Scientists found that an increasing number of pictures made by the iconic orbital observatory are being disrupted by passing satellites.

#china, #hubble-space-telescope, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #nature-astronomy-journal, #private-spaceflight, #research, #satellites, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp, #starlink-satellite-constellation-spacex, #telescopes-and-observatories

The New York Times 8:00 pm on February 8, 2023
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NASA’s Mission to Psyche, a ‘$10 Quintillion’ Asteroid

NASA plans to explore Psyche, an asteroid made of iron, nickel and we don’t know what else.

#asteroids, #diamonds, #earth, #internal-sub-only-nl, #metals-and-minerals, #mines-and-mining, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #solar-system, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 1, 2023
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Space and Astronomy in February: What to Expect

The shortest month of 2023 will have plenty of highlights in orbit and beyond.

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The New York Times 2:22 am on January 4, 2023
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Walter Cunningham, Who Helped Pave the Way to the Moon, Dies at 90

In 1968 he was a member of the first manned Apollo mission, which buoyed an America shocked by a fatal capsule fire the previous year.

#apollo-project, #cape-canaveral-fla, #cunningham-walter-1932-2023, #deaths-obituaries, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 7:59 am on January 3, 2023
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2023 Space and Astronomy News: What to Expect

Solar eclipses, new rockets and new space telescopes are some of the ways that the year ahead will try to follow an exciting 2022 in orbit and beyond.

#astrobotic-technology-inc, #calendars, #china, #content-type-service, #eclipses, #europa-moon-of-jupiter, #european-space-agency, #ganymede-jupiter-moon, #intuitive-machines-llc, #japan-aerospace-exploration-agency, #jupiter-planet, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #private-spaceflight, #rocket-lab, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp, #telescopes-and-observatories, #two-thousand-twenty-three, #united-launch-alliance, #venus-over-manhattan-manhattan-ny-gallery

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 29, 2022
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31 Hours Inside SpaceX Mission Control

A reporter got an inside look at SpaceX’s attempt to launch and land three rockets in less than two days in October, part of the company’s bid to make spaceflight appear almost routine.

#engineering-and-engineers, #musk-elon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #private-spaceflight, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #shotwell-gwynne, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp, #starlink-satellite-constellation-spacex

The New York Times 11:00 am on December 28, 2022
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A View of the Beginning of Time: An Update

What astronomers saw when the largest space observatory ever built sent its first images back to Earth.

#audio-neutral-informative, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #space-and-astronomy, #stars-and-galaxies, #telescopes-and-observatories

The New York Times 8:00 am on December 27, 2022
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The Webb Telescope Is Just Getting Started

The first scientific results are coming in, and the $10 billion instrument is working even better than astronomers had dared to hope.

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The New York Times 8:00 am on December 19, 2022
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How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia

Did the former head of NASA discriminate against gay people? One physicist tried to rebut the accusation, only to find himself the target of attacks.

#american-astronomical-society, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #history-academic-subject, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #kirchick-james, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #nord-brian, #physics, #prescod-weinstein-chanda, #royal-astronomical-society, #rumors-and-misinformation, #space-and-astronomy, #webb-james-h-jr

The New York Times 10:01 am on December 14, 2022
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50 Years After the Apollo 17 Mission, the Moon Looks Closer Than Ever

Astronauts from NASA said goodbye to the moon for the last time on Dec. 14, 1972. The somberness of the anniversary is offset by the scenes of Artemis I’s recently concluded mission.

#apollo-project, #artemis-program, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #photography, #private-spaceflight, #space-and-astronomy, #vis-photo, #your-feed-photojournalism, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 1:57 pm on December 13, 2022
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Why Do Stanford, Harvard and NASA Still Honor a Nazi Past?

At a time when this country is reconsidering our darkest corners of history, Nazi scientists are still lauded across the country.

#harvard-university, #holocaust-and-the-nazi-era, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #stanford-university, #world-war-ii-1939-45

The New York Times 6:20 pm on December 12, 2022
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China Maps Out Plans to Put Astronauts on the Moon and on Mars

Chinese officials at a desert rocket base described plans for their new space station and for reusable rockets, as well as travel beyond near-Earth orbit.

#china, #china-manned-space-agency, #defense-and-military-forces, #international-relations, #international-space-station, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp, #tiangong-space-program, #united-states-international-relations

The New York Times 9:57 pm on December 11, 2022
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Successful End of NASA Moon Mission Shifts Attention to SpaceX

The splashdown of the Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean started the Artemis program, which will rely on Elon Musk’s rocket company to build a moon lander for astronauts.

#artemis-program, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #pacific-ocean, #private-spaceflight, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp

The New York Times 1:56 pm on December 11, 2022
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SpaceX’s Latest Launch Is a Japanese Company’s Moon Lander

The company, Ispace, is carrying a rover from the United Arab Emirates, a Japanese robot and other cargo in its bid to possibly be the first commercial lander to reach the moon.

#ispace-inc, #japan, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #private-spaceflight, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp, #united-arab-emirates

The New York Times 6:47 pm on December 10, 2022
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NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Landing: How to Watch

The Orion capsule, this time with no astronauts aboard, will splash down on Sunday afternoon after a 26-day journey that took it to the moon and back.

#artemis-program, #baja-california-mexico, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #pacific-ocean, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 7:33 pm on November 24, 2022
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John McFall Is the World’s First Disabled Astronaut

John McFall, who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager, was recruited by the European Space Agency and could soon be headed for space.

#european-space-agency, #great-britain, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #paris-france, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 12:01 pm on November 22, 2022
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To the Moon

NASA is on a return mission.

#internal-storyline-no, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 5:27 pm on November 21, 2022
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NASA Artemis Moon Mission Completes Flyby With Orion Spacecraft

The uncrewed Orion capsule, part of the Artemis I mission, flew within 81 miles of the lunar surface as it headed into the next stage of its journey.

#artemis-program, #european-space-agency, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 5:11 pm on November 16, 2022
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NASA Blazes a Path Back to the Moon With Artemis I Rocket Launch

The uncrewed flight of the giant Space Launch System on Wednesday began a new era of spaceflight amid a debate over how to finance rocket development.

#artemis-program, #federal-budget-us, #kennedy-space-center, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #private-spaceflight, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy, #space-exploration-technologies-corp, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 7:59 am on November 15, 2022
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NASA Will Try to Launch Moon Rocket After 2 Scrubs and 2 Hurricanes

Sending the Artemis I mission to space has so far eluded the agency, but it’s set to try again in the early hours of Wednesday.

#advanced-space-llc, #artemis-program, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 2:52 pm on November 14, 2022
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With Artemis, NASA Returns to the Moon This Week. Why Do We Feel Conflicted?

A retired NASA astronaut, former NASA leader and an astrobiologist discuss.

#artemis-program, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #science-and-technology, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 3:17 pm on November 10, 2022
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NASA Launched and Landed LOFTID, an Inflatable Flying Saucer Heat Shield

The LOFTID mission tested a novel approach to guiding spacecraft through the extreme heat of returning from orbit, which could be used to put people on Mars.

#hawaii, #mars-planet, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #pacific-ocean, #research, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #science-and-technology, #space-and-astronomy, #united-launch-alliance

The New York Times 5:02 am on November 9, 2022
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Who’s Driving Climate Change? New Data Catalogs 72,000 Polluters and Counting

A nonprofit backed by Al Gore and other big environmental donors says it can track emissions down to individual power plants, oil fields and cargo ships.

#air-pollution, #carbon-dioxide, #carbon-disclosure-project-cdp, #doerr-john, #global-warming, #google-inc, #gore-al, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #methane, #mines-and-mining, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #natural-gas, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #satellites, #schmidt-eric-e, #steel-and-iron, #united-nations, #united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change, #world-meteorological-organization

The New York Times 6:09 pm on October 27, 2022
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When Meteors Shook Mars, NASA Was Listening and Watching

Scientists thought the InSight spacecraft had recorded some major marsquakes, but with another NASA mission’s help, they found what had really shaken up the red planet.

#earthquakes, #geology, #mars-planet, #mars-insight-spacecraft, #meteors-and-meteorites, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #nature-astronomy-journal, #research, #science-journal, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:42 pm on October 19, 2022
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Webb Telescope Captures New View of ‘Pillars of Creation’

The NASA space observatory’s infrared eye finds out what’s going on within the cloudy cosmic nursery.

#hubble-space-telescope, #james-webb-space-telescope, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #space-and-astronomy, #stars-and-galaxies

The New York Times 11:49 pm on October 17, 2022
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James A. McDivitt, Commander in Early NASA Triumphs, Is Dead at 93

In the 1960s, he led the first spacewalk mission and took part in the first crewed orbital flight of a lunar module.

#deaths-obituaries, #james-a-mcdivitt, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #records-and-achievements, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 6:29 pm on October 13, 2022
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Artist Helps NASA Scientists Bring Their Work to Galleries

The artist Ashley Zelinskie is helping NASA scientists share their work with wider audiences.

#art, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #onx-studio, #space-and-astronomy, #zelinskie-ashley

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 30, 2022
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New Europa Pictures Beamed Home by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft

The space probe has been studying Jupiter since 2016 and just flew within about 200 miles of the surface of the ice-covered ocean moon.

#europa-moon-of-jupiter, #juno-spacecraft, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 10:56 pm on September 27, 2022
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Photos Show NASA’s DART Spacecraft Crashing Into Asteroid

Astronomers on Earth — and a shoebox-size Italian spacecraft called LICIACube — captured the DART mission’s successful strike on Dimorphos.

#asteroids, #double-asteroid-redirection-test, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #south-africa, #space-and-astronomy, #telescopes-and-observatories

The New York Times 2:13 am on September 27, 2022
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NASA Smashes Into an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a Future Day

The DART spacecraft completed its 10-month journey to demonstrate a technique that could defend the planet from deadly space rocks in the future.

#asteroids, #double-asteroid-redirection-test, #johns-hopkins-university-applied-physics-laboratory, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 1:26 am on September 26, 2022
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How to Watch NASA’s DART Spacecraft Slam Into an Asteroid

The DART mission has been flying to its target since launching last year. On Monday night, it will connect.

#asteroids, #double-asteroid-redirection-test, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:11 pm on September 19, 2022
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Valery Polyakov, Who Took the Longest Journey in Space, Dies at 80

Seeking to demonstrate the safety of long space missions, he worked out on his trip and returned 437 days later looking “like he could wrestle a bear,” one astronaut said.

#deaths-obituaries, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #polyakov-dr-valery-1942-2022, #records-and-achievements, #russia, #space-and-astronomy, #space-stations

The New York Times 4:45 pm on September 16, 2022
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China’s Discovery of Lunar Mineral Could Add to Fuller View of the Moon

Scientists found a single crystal of a new phosphate mineral while analyzing lunar basalt particles, which were collected from the moon two years ago by the Chang’e-5 mission.

#changesite-y, #china, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rock-and-stone, #space-and-astronomy, #space-com

The New York Times 9:53 pm on September 15, 2022
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Life on Mars? This Could Be the Place NASA’s Rover Helps Us Find It.

Rocks collected by Perseverance are filled with organic molecules, and they formed in a lake that would have been habitable a few billion years ago.

#extraterrestrial-life, #fossils, #geology, #mars-planet, #microbiology, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #perseverance-mars-rover, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 15, 2022
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The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting

There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, home to an unimaginable abundance of planets. And now there are new ways to spot signs of life on them.

#extraterrestrial-life, #james-webb-space-telescope, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #pollution, #sagan-carl, #science-and-technology, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:00 pm on September 10, 2022
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Harvest Moon Lights Up Skies and Marks Start of Festivals Worldwide

The harvest moon, which will appear full for about three nights from Thursday night to Sunday morning, is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.

#agriculture-and-farming, #bangladesh, #china, #corn, #india, #japan, #jupiter-planet, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #saturn-planet, #seasons-and-months, #space-and-astronomy, #summer-season, #sunlight, #thailand, #united-states, #vietnam

The New York Times 12:26 am on September 4, 2022
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Why NASA Will Wait Longer to Launch the Artemis Moon Rocket

After a pair of called-off launches, the latest caused by a large hydrogen leak, the agency is not expected to try again until later in the month or October.

#artemis-program, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #private-spaceflight, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 4:18 pm on September 3, 2022
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NASA Scrubs Second Artemis I Launch Attempt

Engineers were unable to resolve a hydrogen leak, which led the launch director to call off Saturday’s flight.

#artemis-program, #hydrogen, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 4:18 pm on September 3, 2022
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NASA Scrubs Second Attempt to Launch Artemis I Rocket to the Moon

Engineers were unable to resolve a hydrogen leak, which led the launch director to call off Saturday’s flight.

#artemis-program, #hydrogen, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 2:14 am on September 3, 2022
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How and When to Watch NASA’s Artemis I Moon Launch on Saturday

Here’s what you need to know about Artemis I and the second attempt to launch the Space Launch System and Orion capsule.

#artemis-program, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 10:15 am on September 1, 2022
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Why NASA Wants to Go Back to the Moon

Why NASA wants to go back now.

#earth, #internal-storyline-no, #mars-planet, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 31, 2022
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To Prevent a Martian Plague, NASA Needs to Build a Very Special Lab

The likelihood is low that bringing rocks to Earth from the red planet will make us sick, but the space agency isn’t taking any chances.

#epidemics, #extraterrestrial-life, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #heating-ventilation-and-cooling-hvac, #internal-sub-only, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #mars-planet, #microbiology, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #perseverance-mars-rover, #research, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:19 pm on August 29, 2022
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NASA Moon Launch Delay: What to Know About the Artemis Rocket

The mission’s managers will complete assessments before announcing whether the rocket could try to launch again this weekend.

#artemis-program, #harris-kamala-d, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 9:17 pm on August 28, 2022
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How and When to Watch NASA’s Artemis I Launch to the Moon

Here’s what you need to know about Artemis I and the launch of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule.

#artemis-program, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 6:59 am on August 28, 2022
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Why NASA Is Interested in the Moon Again

The agency is set to launch a massive rocket on Monday, kicking off a return to Earth’s closest neighbor after many scientists and policymakers had once moved on.

#artemis-program, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #science-and-technology, #space-and-astronomy, #water

The New York Times 9:48 pm on August 23, 2022
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Webb Telescope’s New Jupiter Images and an Expanded Universe

As new images of Jupiter and a galactic survey spring forth from NASA’s new observatory, our cosmic affairs correspondent confesses he didn’t anticipate their power.

#james-webb-space-telescope, #jupiter-planet, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #space-and-astronomy, #stars-and-galaxies

The New York Times 10:02 pm on August 16, 2022
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Watch NASA’s Artemis Moon Rocket Roll Out to the Launchpad

The giant Space Launch System is getting an early start ahead of its lunar journey, which is scheduled to start on Aug. 29.

#artemis-program, #kennedy-space-center, #moon, #national-aeronautics-and-space-administration, #rocket-science-and-propulsion, #space-and-astronomy

The New York Times 8:49 pm on August 11, 2022
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How to View the Last Supermoon of the Year

The Sturgeon Moon will be visible in the night sky Thursday.

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