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September: What's New In Space Exploration This Month?

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Below are some exciting space exploration highlights!

10 Facts About NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Splashdown

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Here's everything you need to know about NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley's return home from the International Space Station on Sunday, August 2.

Fly Me to the Moon and Mars: SpaceX’s Starship and Spaceports

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is developing a reusable transportation system for spaceflight to the Moon, Mars, and beyond our wildest space dreams.

Watch NASA Astronauts Return Home Live on Aug 2

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NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are scheduled to arrive home from space on Sunday, August 2. Watch SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: SPLASHDOWN on Discovery and Science Channel starting at 1PM ET.

Meet the Astronauts: NASA and SpaceX Crew-1 Mission

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MOXIE: Carbon Dioxide Turns Into Oxygen on Mars

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Recently, Perseverance produced 5.4 grams of oxygen on Mars through an instrument named MOXIE. Can humans live on Mars with the help of this device? Let’s find out.

What to Know About NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2

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The second uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has been delayed.

October: What's New In Space Exploration This Month?

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From launches to landings, here are some exciting space exploration highlights for this month!

Watch the Next NASA and SpaceX Mission on Discovery and Science Channel

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On Sunday November 15, NASA and SpaceX team up again for the first operational mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Discovery and Science Channel will be coming to you LIVE from the launch pad for SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: CREW-1 LIFT OFF starting at 5 PM ET.

The First Exoplanet Found…Outside the Galaxy!

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This new planet has had a pretty rough life.

Evidence for Water on Mars Might be Clay Instead (Bummer!)

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What’s shiny and lives under the Martian ice? No, it’s not a joke. It’s clay. Just…clay.

Watch the Super Flower Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse

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Those located in the Americas, Europe, or Africa can see this rare total lunar eclipse during the night of May 15, 2022.

NASA Launches CAPSTONE to Test Experimental Orbit Around the Moon

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In preparation for future missions, NASA is testing a never-been-flown-before orbit around the Moon in search of the most efficient deep space route for space travel.

It’s Time to Study Space Sexology

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Scientists say the time has come to study sex in space if humanity will ever stand a chance at surviving on other planets.

Inspiration4: Successful Liftoff and Splashdown for the First Civilian Mission to Space

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SpaceX launched four private citizens to space on Wednesday, September 15, at 8:02PM ET. Following their three-day trip around the Earth, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida Saturday evening. There were no professional astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Let’s learn more about Inspiration4's journey. Updated Monday, September 20.

This Little Star Made a Blast Bigger Than Our Sun Ever Could

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Small stars can pack a surprisingly powerful punch. For an example look no further than the nearest neighbor to our solar system, Proxima Centauri. This little red dwarf just sent off a blast a hundred times more powerful than anything that our own sun ever has.

The Secrets of Jupiter’s Atmosphere…in 3D!

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Jupiter is all sorts of wild.

The James Webb Space Telescope Launches!

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Finally! It was initially proposed way back in 1998 and named the James Webb Space Telescope in 2002. After a decade of delays and over 10 billion dollars past its original budget, NASA’s next great observatory finally launched from the European Space Agency’s Guiana Space Centre in South America.