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• NASA challenged the public to make 'deep space food' — here are the winners

  25-08-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  Three U.S. teams in NASA's Deep Space Food Finale won a combination of $1.25 million for developing delicious and safe food for astronauts.
  
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• Venus is disappearing from the evening sky — here's how to see it while you can

  05-09-2026 17:00 via space.com
  
  Soon, the sky's most glamorous evening performer will take its leave. Since late March, Venus has been the unmistakable "Evening Star," gleaming shortly after sunset and stealing attention from nearly everything else in the twilight. In June, it helped stage a striking three-planet lineup after sundown, outshining both Jupiter and Mercury. Now the curtain is beginning to fall: Venus is sinking night by night and will trade its evening role for a morning one before October is over.A familiar danc
  
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• Watch Isar Aerospace try to make history today with launch from Norway

  05-09-2026 16:00 via space.com
  
  No rocket has ever reached orbit from European soil — but that could change today.The German company Isar Aerospace plans to launch its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Space Center in northern Norway today (Sept. 5), during a window that opens at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT; 10 p.m. local time in Norway). You can watch the historic attempt live here at Space.com, courtesy of Isar, or directly via the company. Coverage will begin at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT).Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket on the
  
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• This Lego Star Wars UCS AT-ST set is cheaper than ever — I'll always love this chicken walker

  05-09-2026 16:00 via space.com
  
  You can keep your space camels, the AT-ST is Star Wars' coolest land vehicle, and now this Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series AT-ST is $39 off at Amazon, the cheapest this set has ever been. Save $39 on this Lego Star Wars UCS AT-ST at Amazon. Like the rest of Lego's Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series, this Lego Star Wars AT-ST is a seriously detailed model. It has some interactive features, including rotating guns and an opening hatch, but at 14.5 inches tall, this is very much a display
  
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• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 226 — Who Owns The Moon?

  05-09-2026 15:30 via space.com
  
  On Episode 226 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Rainer Zitelmann to discuss the history of capitalism and how it applies to our future in space.Capitalism — and a strong profit motivation — has driven enterprise forcenturies. Two notable examples are the East India Company and the UStranscontinental railroad, and the various tycoons who built it. Inneither case, by today's standards, were the operations fair or ethicalon a number of fronts. Can we do
  
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• On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system

  05-09-2026 15:00 via space.com
  
  On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Voyager 1 initially launched on a mission to explore the outer planets. After flying by Jupiter and Saturn in 1979 and 1980, the spacecraft took a sharp turn and started heading straight out of the solar system.Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space in 2012, although scientists are still debating about exactly where that boundary lies.The sp
  
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• This NASA-funded 'Slingshot' spacecraft idea could map minerals on planets and moons across our solar system

  05-09-2026 12:00 via space.com
  
  Nearby Earth, an iconic series of orbiting U.S. government satellites called Landsat have collectively been charting minerals and climate change for more than 50 years.What if we can do the same thing in space? A new NASA early-stage project, whimsically named "Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys", aims to bring "Landsat-style mineral intelligence" to other worlds, including the moon. NASA is aiming to put a moon base on the lunar surface in the 2030s that would be staffed by astronauts, as th
  
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• 08 Sep 2026 (3 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

  05-09-2026 04:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (9 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (8 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (7 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (6 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (53 minutes ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (5 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (4 minutes ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (4 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (37 minutes ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (3 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (20 minutes ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (2 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (14 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (13 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (12 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (11 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (10 hours ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (1 hour ago): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:37 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (10 minutes away): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:26 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (28 minutes away): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 04:08 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (45 minutes away): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 03:51 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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• 05 Sep 2026 (1 hour away): Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri

  05-09-2026 02:44 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Africa.
  
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