This illustration, updated in April 2022, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name that lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft will arrive in early 2026 and orbit the asteroid – also shown in this illustration – for nearly two years to investigate its composition.
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Project Kuiper, Amazon's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband initiative, is preparing to put its first two satellites into space during its "Protoflight" mission.
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Amazon launches first Project Kuiper satellites with goal of creating a megaconstellation
Project Kuiper, Amazon's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband initiative, is preparing to put its first two satellites into space during its "Protoflight" mission.
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Mysterious planet-like objects can be seen for the first time in this image of the inner Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster.
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OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return lid opening at Building 31 Astromaterials Curation Facility. Photo Date: September 26, 2023. Location: Bldg. 31 - OSIRIS REx Thin Section Lab.
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Pleasant surprise greets scientists opening asteroid sample dropped from space
TOPSHOT - Audience members take photos of a screen showing a video about China's Chang'e-5 moon probe at an event announcing details of international access to lunar samples collected by the probe, in Beijing on January 18, 2021. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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The moon slides across the sun, showing a blazing halo of light, during an annular eclipse at a waterfront park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, May 21, 2012. Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies early Monday. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across the continent. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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The full moon, a supermoon also known as the "Harvest Moon", rises above Macquarie Lighthouse and the Sydney Opera House in Sydney on September 29, 2023. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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September’s full harvest moon is the last supermoon of the year
For as long as humans have gazed into the night sky, we have wondered about life beyond the Earth. Scientists now know that several places in our solar system might have conditions suitable for life. One of these is Jupiter's moon Europa, a fascinating world with a salty, subsurface ocean of liquid water—possibly twice as much as in all of Earth's oceans combined. However, scientists had not confirmed if Europa's ocean contained biologically essential chemicals, particularly carbon, the universal building block for life as we know it. Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found carbon on Europa's surface, which likely originated in this ocean. The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa.
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Webb spots a building block of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns from record-setting mission in space
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO - APRIL 05: Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin speaks during a Q&A on the launch of Project Kuiper Satellite Constellation on April 05, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images for Amazon)
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Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
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A long-awaited sample from a near-Earth asteroid is about to land in the US
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission delivers a sample from the asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sunday.
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A long-awaited asteroid sample has landed in the US
The Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range is seen, Monday, July 17, 2023, as recovery teams tour the projected landing ellipse in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)
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An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission delivers a sample from the asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sunday.
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Long-awaited asteroid sample lands in Utah
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ss069e009949 (May 10, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio poses for a portrait while working inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. Date Created:2023-05-10
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