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Astronauts on ISS spot “space fireflies”
NASA astronaut Don Pettit recently shared a captivating video from the International Space Station (ISS) on the social media platform X. The footage shows tiny flickering lights dancing above Earth’s horizon, which Pettit poetically referred to as “cosmic fireflies.” However, these lights are not a natural phenomenon but the reflection of sunlight off SpaceX’s Starlink […]
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Two new crew members headed to the ISS
The launch was delayed due to the approaching tropical storm Helene. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched on Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The spacecraft will transport American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov to the International Space Station (ISS), according to AFP and DPA […]
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