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• The Strawberry Full Moon of 2024 rises near the June solstice with an Antares encounter

  18-06-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  When June 2024's Strawberry Moon is almost full, it will occult the bright star Antares.
  
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• The GOES-U satellite will catch a ride to space on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket

  18-06-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  NOAA's GOES-R series constellation will be complete in space with the launch of its GOES-U satellite at the end of June. This will mark the first time a NOAA satellite will be transported to space using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
  
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• NASA reschedules ISS spacewalk after astronaut experiences 'spacesuit discomfort'

  18-06-2024 21:30 via space.com
  
  NASA has rescheduled last week's EVA, which was called off only an hour before the astronauts were set to exit the station.
  
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• NASA, Boeing delay Starliner astronaut landing to June 26 amid thruster issues

  18-06-2024 21:18 via space.com
  
  Boeing's Starliner will come back to Earth with its two astronauts no earlier than June 26. The four-day extension will allow for more thruster testing at the ISS.
  
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• SpaceX to launch European TV satellite on Wednesday after wind delay

  18-06-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX is poised to launch the SES Astra 1P telecom satellite after standing down due to elevated winds at the launch site.
  
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• SpaceX launching European TV satellite today on 1st leg of doubleheader

  18-06-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch two missions today (June 18), sending the SES Astra 1P telecom satellite and 20 of its own Starlink broadband satellites to orbit.
  
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• Lego Art The Milky Way Galaxy review

  18-06-2024 18:30 via space.com
  
  According to Lego, the Milky Way Galaxy is made up of love hearts, frogs, flowers and coffee mugs — and it's absolutely fabulous.
  
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• Doctor Who 'The Legend of Ruby Sunday': Who is Susan Triad?

  18-06-2024 18:29 via space.com
  
  Why does this mysterious woman keep popping up in the Doctor's timeline? And what's her connection to the season's Big Bad?
  
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• How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe

  18-06-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  The two active supermassive black holes are the most distant pair of quasars ever seen and shed more light on how the universe transformed into what it is today.
  
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• If we really want people living on the moon, we need an astronaut health database

  18-06-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Scientists have started building a space medicine biobank as humans look to the moon and beyond.
  
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• Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs

  18-06-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  Stellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move closer to the white dwarf that their star evolves into.
  
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• Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, photo)

  18-06-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  The famous Crab Nebula gets a closeup from the James Webb Space Telescope.
  
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• Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)

  18-06-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  The famous Crab Nebula gets a closeup from the James Webb Space Telescope.
  
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• NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner's delayed ISS departure today, and you can listen live

  18-06-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live.
  
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• 22 Jun 2024 (4 days away): The Moon at aphelion

  18-06-2024 01:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 22 Jun 2024 (4 days away): Full Moon

  18-06-2024 01:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 20 Jun 2024 (3 days away): The Ptolemy cluster is well placed

  18-06-2024 01:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Ptolemy Cluster (M7, NGC 6475; mag 3.3) in Scorpius culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 20 Jun 2024 (2 days away): Lunar occultation of Antares

  18-06-2024 01:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Fiji amongst others.
  
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• 20 Jun 2024 (2 days away): June solstice

  18-06-2024 01:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  20 June will be the longest day of 2024 in the northern hemisphere.
  
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• 18 Jun 2024 (Tomorrow): The cluster IC 4665 is well placed

  18-06-2024 01:03 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The open star cluster IC 4665 (mag 4.2) in Ophiuchus culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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