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US military begins recovering Chinese spy balloon debris (photos)
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on February 8, 2023 at 11:00 am
Recovery teams have already found some pieces of the Chinese surveillance balloon, which an F-22 fighter jet shot down on Saturday (Feb. 4).
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Massive comet hurtling past the sun is chasing its tail
on February 8, 2023 at 11:00 am
The massive comet 96P Machholz is currently headed through the inner solar system, and a closer look at this unusual 4-mile-wide space snowball reveals that […]
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Mysterious Russian satellite breaks up in orbit, generating cloud of debris
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on February 7, 2023 at 10:37 pm
The mysterious Russian satellite Kosmos 2499 broke apart in early January, and the U.S. Space Force is already tracking 85 pieces of debris from the incident.
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SpaceX launch and more 'photobombed' by February's Full Snow Moon (photos)
by elizabeth.howell@futurenet.com (Elizabeth Howell) on February 7, 2023 at 10:00 pm
Images from all around the world celebrated the 'micromoon' of February 2023, including pictures of monuments and a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch.
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Accutron and Bulova debut new Astronaut and Lunar Pilot timepieces
by robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) on February 7, 2023 at 9:00 pm
Two watch brands are celebrating the historic associations they had with the U.S. space program. Accutron is reviving its "Astronaut" line, while Bulova is […]
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Previous Chinese spy balloons over US were classified as UFOs: report
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on February 7, 2023 at 8:33 pm
Some previous detections of Chinese surveillance balloons in U.S. airspace were initially categorized as "unidentified aerial phenomena," according to a report […]
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Intuitive Machines now targeting moon's south pole for delayed lunar landing mission
by elizabeth.howell@futurenet.com (Elizabeth Howell) on February 7, 2023 at 8:00 pm
A United States company may touch down on the moon for the first time in 2023, but who will make the debut landing is hard to predict.
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'Failed star' brown dwarf imaged in nearby star cluster (photos)
on February 7, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Astronomers have directly imaged a brown dwarf, a so-called "failed star," in the Hyades cluster, which lies 150 light-years from Earth.
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Stack it up! ULA assembles 1st Vulcan Centaur rocket ahead of debut launch (photos)
by elizabeth.howell@futurenet.com (Elizabeth Howell) on February 7, 2023 at 6:30 pm
ULA's heavy-lift Vulcan Centaur rocket could launch for the first time in the next few months, if testing continues to go well.
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Last Boeing 747 rolls out of the factory: How the 'queen of the skies' reigned over air travel
on February 7, 2023 at 6:00 pm
On Jan. 31, 2023, Boeing completed its last 747, the airplane that helped make international air travel affordable.