Does the International Space Station have any procedures in place for alien contact?
Unlikely as it is, what would they do if a non human vessel suddenly approached or if a little green man knocked on the door?
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What is a Dyson sphere?
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"An issue was experienced today during Rocket Lab's launch that caused the loss of the vehicle. The issue occurred late in the flight during the 2nd stage burn."
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Timelapse of ten years of the Sun - "A Decade of Sun"
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NASA’s 'smell of space' is available as a perfume
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After Tuesday’s GPS III-03 launch, SpaceX expands its fleet of used rockets with another booster recovery
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Vehicle processing delay with ULA's Atlas 5 rocket causes Mars 2020 rover launch to slip to July 30, near end of launch window
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Kinman Dwarf has seemingly vanished from space with no explanation
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Space Force more receptive to reusable rockets as it continues to review SpaceX missions—GPS III-3 launch scheduled for end of June, first stage to attempt landing
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NASA expects to cover JWST launch slip with budget reserves
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SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of its tenth batch of Starlink satellites—the first launch that will see all satellites equipped with visors to reduce ground brightness
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Watch a ten-year time lapse of Sun from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
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NASA names headquarters after ‘hidden figure’ Mary W. Jackson
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Scientists just found the biggest neutron star (or smallest black hole) yet in a strange cosmic collision
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Italian amateur astronomer captures amazing photo of Mercury’s comet-like sodium tail
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My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy
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Why NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is essential despite the coronavirus pandemic
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Returning dead satellites from the graveyard with mission extension vehicles
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The International Space Station is getting a new toilet this year
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SpaceX launches fifty-eight Starlink satellites on ninth Starlink launch, including three Planet SkySats
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Scientists create exotic, fifth state of matter on space station to explore the quantum world
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Quantum 'fifth state of matter' observed in space for first time
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NASA confirms JWST will miss March 2021 launch date
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Kathy Sullivan becomes first human to have been in space and at full ocean depth, participates in first call between International Space Station and DSSV Pressure Drop
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Could solar storms destroy civilization? Solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
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A rocket launch can’t unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions
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The story of how NASA went from space shuttles to SpaceX and commercial rockets
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Watch SpaceX launch Starlink Mission 8 [Livestream, launch at 9:25PM ET June 3, 1:25 UTC June 4]
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China outlines plan to carry out eleven missions in two years to construct a space station and will soon select a new batch of astronauts for the project
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Elon Musk tweets IN RUSSIAN to accept co-operation offer from Russia’s space agency
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Can we save the night sky from satellite streaks? Legal comment launches as constellation companies scramble to satisfy astronomers' concerns.
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Recap: SpaceX successfully launches Crew Dragon with Bob Behnken & Doug Hurley on SpX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station, restoring US spaceflight for the first time in nine years
Decided I'd post a text post and provide links to all the content, since there's so much and it's all quite diverse. I'll update this post throughout the day with more content: NASA Press Release:...
Decided I'd post a text post and provide links to all the content, since there's so much and it's all quite diverse. I'll update this post throughout the day with more content:
- NASA Press Release: NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon
- Live stream & launch video, courtesy SpaceX & NASA. This is going to be live all the way through to docking with the ISS.
- NASA Spaceflight (Good resource, quite in-depth): SpaceX Dragon’s historic launch dodges weather to launch and end the gap
- SpaceNews: Crew Dragon in orbit after historic launch, by Jeff Foust
- The Verge: A cute stuffed dinosaur hitched a ride on SpaceX’s historic launch
- The Verge: Watch NASA astronauts fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon using touchscreens
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SpaceX’s Dragon launch ushers in a new era for Americans in space
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SpaceX Starship prototype SN4 destroyed in spectacular fashion after static-fire test
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How SpaceX and NASA keeps astronauts safe during launch
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SpaceX overcame never-before-seen parachute deploy and thruster problems during Crew Dragon development
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Rocket Lab to resume launches in June
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SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell on prospects for Starship launcher
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Virgin Orbit recap: first launch attempt fails
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Weather scrubs SpaceX commercial crew launch, Demo-2
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Watch the SpaceX Demo-2 crewed launch livestream at 4:33pm ET, May 27th
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No, NASA didn't find a parallel universe where time runs backward
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As the US regains the ability to launch astronauts with its own rockets, the future of Russia's already struggling civil space program is unclear
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Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit plans to fly its rocket for the first time this weekend
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On the Moon, astronaut pee will be a hot commodity. Urine can be used for landing pads, gardens, and drinking water. But will there be enough to go around?
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NASA and SpaceX have cleared the Demo-2 mission for May 27, will be the first launch of astronauts on an American rocket from American soil since 2011
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The birth of NASAs space program | The Saturn V story
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Freaky ‘active’ object in Jupiter’s orbit is first of its kind seen by astronomers
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Searching for scalar dark matter using compact mechanical resonators: Resonators could access a broad segment of previously unprobed parameter space
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United States seeks to change the rules for mining the Moon
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