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Franco-US satellite to deliver unprecedented look at Earth's water

A Franco-US satellite is due for launch on Friday for a landmark scientific mission to survey nearly all water on Earth's surface to help scientists investigate its impact on climate.

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Seven planet solar system in 'habitable range' viewed by James Webb telescope

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has viewed a system of seven planets that orbit the TRAPPIST-1 planet which are 39 light years from Earth and could be habitable

Daily Mirror

Two possible 'water world' exoplanets discovered by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer telescopes

Two planets outside the Solar System could feature Earth-like oceans, researchers say, though they may not be like anything humans are used to.

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Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak - official

A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a tiny meteoroid strike, a senior Russian space official said Thursday.

Reuters

Stanford fields new questions about internship program named for Nazi war criminal

New attention shined on a decades old program at Stanford University this week, when a political writer raised questions about an internship named for a long-dead industrialist who used slave labor to support the Nazi regime and was convicted of war crimes.

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NASA and Russia finally cement a plan to retrieve stranded astronauts on the ISS

A crew capsule in space sprung a sizeable leak last month. NASA and Roscosmos assessed the cause and have found the capsule is now unsafe for passengers.

Inverse

How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled early universe – Podcast

If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans everywhere, the world has one – the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Russian space capsule leak likely caused by micrometeorite

A Russian space official says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike

The Independent UK

Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russians' International Space Station spacewalk

A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station is called off after flight controllers notice a stream of liquid spewing from a docked spacecraft.

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A spacewalk has been canceled after a leak was discovered on a Soyuz capsule

A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts has been called off after ground teams noticed a significant leak from one of the spacecraft docked at the orbiting International Space Station.

WEKU

Meteoroid hit suspected after major leak from Soyuz capsule

Nasa footage showed a torrent of snowflake-like particles spraying from the rear section of the Soyuz MS-22 capsule

The Guardian - UK

Cosmonauts' spacewalk canceled at space station due to leak

NASA and Russia’s space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts just as they were preparing to exit the International Space Station

The Independent UK

Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russian ISS spacewalk

A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was called off as it was about to begin after flight controllers noticed a stream of liquid spewing from a docked Soyuz spacecraft, a NASA webcast showed.

Reuters

Why NASA’s new mission will study Earth’s water from space

LOS ANGELES — Before the sun rises on Thursday, a rocket carrying the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite will blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base north of Santa Barbara.

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China, Russia are 'destabilizing' Africa, warns United States

The United States warned Tuesday that China and Russia were destabilizing Africa with their growing inroads as it rolled out the red carpet to the continent's leaders and pledged billions of dollars in support.

Inverse

50 years ago, one space mission crushed hopes for life around Earth's twin planet

The Mariner 2 mission proved Venus was too hot to have present-day life.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mars Rover Captures 1st Sound of Dust Devil on Red Planet

What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? A NASA rover by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed directly overhead, recording the racket. It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of…

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Carnarvon's historic NASA dish set for $10m refurbishment after decades of dormancy

Carnarvon's big dish will soon be used as a deep space radar for tracking satellites — decades after it was decommissioned.

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Reuters

NASA to conduct first global water survey from space

A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive survey of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers for the first time.

Inverse

Listen: Perseverance rover captures audio of a Mars dust devil passing right over it

Behold the sound of a dust devil on Mars as it strikes the NASA Perseverance rover. The rover didn't see the dust devil, but picked it up on several instruments.

Orlando Sentinel

With success of Artemis I, when will NASA fly Artemis II?

ORLANDO, Fla. — With Orion safe back on Earth, the last and most important tests of the Artemis I mission have been completed, but there are still miles to travel and months of data sifting to go before NASA will target an Artemis II launch date.

Fortune

The secret ingredient for Artemis I’s success: How small businesses are taking us to the moon

Of the more than 3,800 suppliers providing parts for the Artemis rocket, the overwhelming majority are small businesses.

The Independent UK

Mars rover captures 1st sound of dust devil on red planet

A NASA rover on Mars by chance had its microphone on when a whirling tower of red dust passed overhead last year and caught the sound

The Conversation

What does Mars sound like? Rover microphone has recorded the red planet's dust devils

A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill.

WEKU

A spectacular meteor shower called the Geminids will peak on Tuesday evening

The Geminids meteor shower, one of the best and most reliable of the year, will peak on Tuesday night.

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