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Weekend Departure Preps Continue as Crew Works Science

Weekend Departure Preps Continue as Crew Works Science illustration

Science hardware, lab maintenance, and spacesuits kept the rest of the crew busy aboard the orbital outpost. ASA Science.

Join the Jam on Proxima b Tidally Locked and Ready to Rock!. Only 4.2 Light-Years From Earth!. It’s always golden hour at the Perpetual Sunset Stadium on Proxima Centauri b. This planet is tidally locked, meaning one side always faces toward its star and one side always faces away.

At the boundary between the planet’s light side and dark side, its […] ASA Science. Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks. A growing space junk problem will make doing so more important A commercial robotic spacecraft called LINK launched on an emergency mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has been slowly falling toward Earth, on July 3, 2026. Over the coming weeks, LINK, built by Katalyst Space Technologies, will try to grasp the telescope, then spend months raising it to a safer orbit.

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