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• 29 Aug 2022 (12 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 23:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (18 hours away): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 23:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (10 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 23:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (13 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 22:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (19 hours away): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 22:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (11 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 22:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• How to watch NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission launch live in a 360-degree VR experience

  28-08-2022 22:25 via space.com
  
  Artemis 1 launch viewers with virtual reality headsets or in select locations can take part in an immersive reality experience scheduled for Monday (Aug. 29).
  
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• NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket faces stormy skies in incredible aerial photos

  28-08-2022 22:20 via space.com
  
  Space.com took to the skies to get you one last look at SLS before it blasts off Monday morning.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (14 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 21:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (20 hours away): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 21:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (12 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 21:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• Video from space shows NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket on the launch pad from Planet satellite

  28-08-2022 21:27 via space.com
  
  The orbiting SkySat from Planet Labs saw the moon megarocket sitting on the pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center just ahead of launch Monday (Aug. 29).
  
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• See NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket on the launch pad from space in Planet satellite video

  28-08-2022 21:27 via space.com
  
  The orbiting SkySat from Planet Labs saw the moon megarocket sitting on the pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center just ahead of launch Monday (Aug. 29).
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (15 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 21:15 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• These NASA photos of lightning strikes at the Artemis 1 moon rocket launch pad are amazing

  28-08-2022 20:51 via space.com
  
  Bolts of lightning struck several lightning towers surrounding the Artemis 1 mega moon rocket Saturday (Aug. 27), and there are epic photos showing just how it looked.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (21 hours away): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 20:48 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• Weather looks good for Artemis 1 moon mission launch, NASA says

  28-08-2022 20:34 via space.com
  
  It looks like Mother Nature may cooperate for NASA's historic Artemis 1 megarocket moon launch on Aug. 29.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (13 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 20:22 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (22 hours away): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 19:53 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (16 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 19:53 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (14 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 19:31 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (17 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 19:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (23 hours away): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 18:40 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (15 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 18:21 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (18 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 18:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (16 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 17:24 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (19 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 17:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (17 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 16:44 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (20 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 15:54 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (18 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 15:31 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (21 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 15:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (19 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 14:27 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• Save up to £40 on these awesome Artemis-inspired Lego space sets

  28-08-2022 14:00 via space.com
  
  They're not only relevant to the upcoming launch, they're also pretty good deals.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (22 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 13:53 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (20 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 13:34 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (23 hours away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 13:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 'Zero hour' for Artemis 1: NASA's most powerful rocket to launch risky moon mission test flight

  28-08-2022 12:35 via space.com
  
  It's make or break time for NASA's new moon rocket as NASA is finally ready to launch its Artemis 1 moon rocket on Aug. 29.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (21 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 12:22 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• UK Lego fans can save 33% on Lego International Space Station at Argos

  28-08-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  UK Lego enthusiasts will no doubt orbit around this out-of-this-world deal while stocks last.
  
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• The asteroid NASA will slam into in September is right where scientists expected

  28-08-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's DART spacecraft is perfectly on track to smash into double asteroid Didymos as a new observation campaign confirmed orbital parameters of the space rock.
  
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• Meteor crater: The hole from space that keeps on giving

  28-08-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  The huge, bowl-shaped Meteor Crater in Arizona that was formed some 50,000 years ago continues to yield new information, surprisingly so.
  
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• 4 billion-year-old chunk of Earth's crust found below Australia

  28-08-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  An ancient piece of crust is hiding below Western Australia, having survived 4 billion years of upheaval.
  
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• New technique may bring moon's shadowy polar craters into the light

  28-08-2022 11:47 via space.com
  
  A new deep-learning technique allows scientists to peek inside the moon's permanently shadowed polar craters for the first time.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (22 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 11:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (23 hours away): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 10:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• SpaceX launches 54 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

  28-08-2022 06:11 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched 54 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit and landed a rocket on a ship at sea on Saturday night (Aug. 27).
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (Tomorrow): The Moon at perihelion

  28-08-2022 01:10 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (Tomorrow): Mercury at dichotomy

  28-08-2022 01:10 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky.
  
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• 29 Aug 2022 (Tomorrow): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  28-08-2022 01:10 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°38'.
  
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• 05 Sep 2022 (8 days away): Venus at perihelion

  28-08-2022 01:10 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Venus reaches its closest point to the Sun.
  
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