Tag: space
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James Webb Space Telescope Launching Today
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally launching today, at 7:20 AM Eastern Standard Time or 12:20 UTC. 30 years in the making, NASA has a video feed that starts very soon of the European Space Agency’s Ariane 5 rocket that will carry the new telescope to space where it’ll take a good trip to…
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NASA/JPL’s Perseverance Rover Safely Landed on Mars Today
NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory put out a statement after the successful landing: The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
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Perseverance Lands on Mars Today
Ars has a guide to what’s going on with the new exploring metal guy today, the automated navigation system that will guide the rover to a safe landing, and a little bit about the first-of-it’s kind drone that will launch from Perseverance. You can tune in to watch the status of the mission via NASA…