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The secrets to stargazing from your backyard

How to search the sky and what to see, from moon and stars to planets and the International Space Station. Go on a journey of billions of miles from your garden To begin looking for objects in the heavens, youll need to know where north, south, east and west are. Make a note of where the sun rises (east) and sets (west), use Google maps or use the compass on your phone. Now, download a free astronomy app to your phone AND computer. My favourite, for ease of use and…

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Virgin Galactic relocates SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity to its spaceport for preparations ahead of commercial flights

Virgin Galactic is one crucial step closer to actually flying paying customers to space: The space tourism company just relocated its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the VSS Unity, from its Mojave, California manufacturing facility to Spaceport America in New Mexico, where it will begin flights with a goal of at least sending company founder Richard Branson to space during the year of his 70th birthday. VSS Unity made the trip attached to the carrier aircraft that will bring it up to its launch altitude, where it’ll detach from the plane (named ‘VMS…

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OneWeb Joins the Internet Satellite Gold Rush

For the better part of a year, SpaceX has gotten the lion's share of attention when it comes to "mega-constellations" of internet satellites. Between May and January, the company launched 240 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, with more launches coming, and has talked of offering preliminary commercial service later this year. Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by WIRED's parent company, Condé Nast. But it was actually another company, OneWeb, said last summer. Now OneWeb is preparing for…

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Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking space mission

Koch lands in Kazakhstan after 328 days in space, the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut She would miss the friendship of her crewmates, she said, and of course the views. But after 328 days on the could not deny last week that she was looking forward to experiencing some very simple pleasures back on Earth, including the feeling of wind on my face. On Thursday the US astronaut was at last granted that wish, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying Koch, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Italys Luca…

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The US Space Force Reveals Its New Camouflage Uniform, People Offer More Suitable Alternatives

Even though camouflage is something that’s been around for millions of years and isn’t really so much of a human creation as evidence of it can be traced back to fossils of camouflaged insects back from 100 million years ago, humans have adapted this technique with their own twist not only going for military and disguise purposes but also as a fashion element in everyday life as well. That being said, there’s no point in nitpicking the types of camo used in regular clothing but when it comes to military-grade…

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Boeings Starliner capsule lands safely in New Mexico after failed mission

Aborted flight threatens to derail the companys efforts to launch astronauts on behalf of Nasa next year landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the international space station that threatened to derail the companys effort to launch astronauts on behalf of Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/22/nasa-boeing-starliner-capsule-lands-safely-new-mexico

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