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NASA Tests New Rocket Engine

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NASA enjoyed a successful test of a heavy rocket, and both the federal agency and private enterprise are pushing ahead with rockets powerful enough to support a mission to Mars. A booster for the most powerful rocket in the world, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), successfully fired up Tuesday for its second qualification ground test…

Poll, Space

Friday Poll: Offer for a Meteorite

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$20,000 for a Meteorite In Portland, Maine, the a police officer’s dashcam captured video of a meteorite streaking across the sky. A museum that plans to open next year has now offered a reward of $20,000 for anyone who can find and deliver to the museum a significant part of the meteorite. For today’s question:…

Space, Technology

Blue Origin Rocket Landing

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New Shepard flight on April 2, 2016 showing flight of the booster from just ahead of reentry through descent and landing. Video is from the GH2 vent camera located just below the booster’s ring fin. Via Blue Origin YouTube Channel.

Nature, Space

Mercury’s Transit Across the Sun

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NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory tracked Mercury making a rare transit across the face of the Sun [on May 9th]. The last time this event happened was in 2006, and NASA predicts it will happen again in 2019. Via CNN @ YouTube.

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360 View of SpaceX Rocket Landing

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Using the direction pad in the upper left corner of the video, viewers can watch a SpaceX rocket landing from multiple angles, including watching from below as the rocket descends —