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• Rocket Lab now aims to launch 1st Electron booster from US soil on Dec. 13

  09-12-2022 23:38 via space.com
  
  The commercial launch company Rocket Lab will have to wait a few more days for its first-ever launch from U.S. soil due to bad weather.
  
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• NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is going so well that engineers added more Orion tests (video)

  09-12-2022 23:00 via space.com
  
  NASA is deep into planning the first crewed excursion of the Artemis program as Artemis 1, which surpassed expectations, targets a splashdown and end of mission Sunday (Dec. 11).
  
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• Artemis 1 vs Apollo 17: 50 years apart, which was the greater challenge?

  09-12-2022 22:00 via space.com
  
  Is it easier to land on the moon for a sixth time, as Apollo 17 did, or to enter Earth's atmosphere with a new approach, like Artemis 1's Orion capsule will do?
  
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• Don't miss the Geminid meteor shower peak next week on Dec. 14

  09-12-2022 20:00 via space.com
  
  The Geminid meteor shower is predicted to reach its peak before dawn next Wednesday morning (Dec. 14).
  
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• Chinese rocket body disintegrates into big cloud of space junk

  09-12-2022 20:00 via space.com
  
  Part of a Chinese rocket that launched the Yunhai 3 satellite last month is now a debris cloud of around 350 pieces.
  
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• China launches hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellite to orbit (video)

  09-12-2022 19:41 via space.com
  
  China continued its rapid pace of space launches with a mission to add new capabilities to the country's Earth observation system.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope spots haunting glow surrounding the solar system

  09-12-2022 19:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers used 200,000 Hubble Space Telescope images to discover an eerie glow surrounding the solar system even after all other light sources have been eliminated.
  
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• Climate summit agrees to 'historic' loss-and-damage fund — but misses warming goals

  09-12-2022 18:00 via space.com
  
  New fund would aid responses to floods, fires and storms. But a failure to address warming and greenhouse gas emissions undercuts the funding success, critics say.
  
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• Launch your Lego festive fun with 25% off the Galaxy Explorer set

  09-12-2022 17:52 via space.com
  
  Walmart have knocked 25% off the popular 1254-piece Lego Icons Galaxy Explorer set this holiday season.
  
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• Build your own Lego minifigures as flown to the moon on Artemis 1

  09-12-2022 17:00 via space.com
  
  If NASA can send Lego minifigures to the moon, then you can assemble your own set at home. The agency and Lego Education launched a crew of four diminutive astronauts on its Artemis 1 mission.
  
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• Here's how the US Navy will fish NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft out of the sea after splashdown

  09-12-2022 16:08 via space.com
  
  The U.S. Navy has been training for years to recover NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday (Dec. 11).
  
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• Confirmed! James Webb Space Telescope has bagged the oldest known galaxies

  09-12-2022 16:05 via space.com
  
  Astronomers confirmed that four ancient galaxies detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early months of its operations are the oldest ever seen, nearly as old as the universe itself.
  
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• These Celestron beginner telescopes are over 30% off this holiday season

  09-12-2022 15:56 via space.com
  
  Amazon has festive stargazing discounts as you can save over 30% on the Celestron 70mm Travel Scope and 76mm FirstScope.
  
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• China may enlarge its Tiangong space station

  09-12-2022 15:00 via space.com
  
  China may end up enlarging its Tiangong space station and perhaps use it to evaluate technologies needed for possible human exploration of the moon.
  
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• Naval Academy's NASA-inspired uniforms extend Army-Navy Game's space history

  09-12-2022 14:00 via space.com
  
  A long-lasting rivalry that first reached into outer space almost 60 years ago is bringing NASA's history onto the football field as part of this year's Army-Navy Game.
  
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• Star may have drawn scorching 'hell planet' into super-close orbit

  09-12-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  The super-Earth exoplanet Janssen is so close to its star, a year is only 18 hours long.
  
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• NASA drawing on Apollo to design Artemis moonwalkers' tools

  09-12-2022 12:00 via space.com
  
  NASA has built a new rocket and spacecraft to get Artemis astronauts to the moon, and it's developing a new toolkit for them to use on the lunar surface as well.
  
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• 16 Dec 2022 (7 days away): Comae Berenicid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:46
  The Comae Berenicid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (7 days ago): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:34
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (6 days ago): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:34
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (5 days ago): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:34
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (4 days ago): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:34
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (3 days ago): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:34
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (2 days ago): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 11:34
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft set for return to Earth on Dec. 11

  09-12-2022 01:31 via space.com
  
  Artemis 1's Orion capsule is scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 11), wrapping up its historic mission with a Pacific Ocean splashdown.
  
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• 15 Dec 2022 (6 days away): 81P/Wild at perihelion

  09-12-2022 01:20
  81P/Wild makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 14 Dec 2022 (5 days away): Geminid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 01:20
  The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 12 Dec 2022 (3 days away): The Moon at apogee

  09-12-2022 01:20
  The Moon appears small as it recedes to its furthest point from the Earth.
  
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• 12 Dec 2022 (3 days away): σ-Hydrid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 01:20
  The σ-Hydrid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 09 Dec 2022 (Today): Monocerotid meteor shower 2022

  09-12-2022 01:20
  The Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• SpaceX launches 40 OneWeb satellites into orbit, aces rocket landing

  09-12-2022 00:12 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched a big batch of OneWeb internet satellites into orbit Thursday evening (Dec. 8) in a stunning sunset rocket launch (and landing).
  
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