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A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb

September 6, 2022
The cycle of star formation is on display in this nearby nebula. Webb’s MIRI instrument captures protostars nestled deep in clouds of gas and dust, still gathering mass. Once upon a space-time, a cosmic creation story unfolded: thousands of never-before-seen young stars spotted in a stellar nursery called 30 Doradus, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Nicknamed the Tarantula…
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NASA delays Artemis I’s launch for a second time

September 3, 2022
NASA has once again scrubbed the debut launch of its Space Launch System (or SLS) rocket after engineers failed to fix a persistent hydrogen leak. The hydrogen leak was first noticed this morning, soon after the rocket began being fueled with liquid hydrogen. NASA said the…
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NASA’s Webb Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World

September 3, 2022
. NASA’s Webb Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World One of the telescope’s instruments used to observe the planet is managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet is a gas…
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Engineers Solve Data Glitch on NASA’s Voyager 1

August 31, 2022
A critical system aboard the probe was sending garbled data about its status. Engineers have fixed the issue but are still seeking the root cause. Engineers have repaired an issue affecting data from NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft. Earlier this year, the probe’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS), which keeps Voyager 1’s antenna pointed at Earth, began sending garbled…
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NASA delays launch of its massive SLS rocket amid engine issue

August 29, 2022
NASA delayed the launch of its colossal next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, as an engine bleed issue forced the agency to scrub its plans. The launch director halted the Artemis I launch attempt at approximately 8:34AM ET. SLS is a key component of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send humans back to the Moon by 2025. The massive rocket will carry the Orion crew capsule…
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