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Earth bids farewell to its temporary 'mini moon' that is possibly a chunk of our actual moon

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Mon...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster with mechanical arms

SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in t...

DATE: Nov 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

When to catch the last supermoon of the year

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Better catch this week's supermoon. It will be a while until the next one. This will be the year’s fourth and final supermoon, looking bigger and brighter than u...

DATE: Nov 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

NASA astronauts won't say which one of them got sick after almost 8 months in space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick. Astron...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Associated Press