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Türkiye to host first Int’l Space Convention
International Space Convention, one of the world's most prestigious space events, will be held for the first time in Türkiye, with the key players of the industry gathering in the northwestern province of Bursa.
The convention organized by Altair Enterprises, will be conducted in GUHEM, the space and aviation training center, between Sept. 9 and 11.
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NASA’s Webb catches Tarantula Nebula
A stellar nursery nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula has been captured in crisp detail by NASA's Webb telescope, revealing hitherto unseen features that deepen scientific understanding, the agency said on Sept. 6.
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Leak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away
NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak on Sept. 2, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for weeks, if not months.
NASA Moon rocket ready for second attempt at liftoff
After technical issues halted its first launch attempt, NASA will try again on Aug. 3 to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its unmanned test capsule towards the Moon.
Webb telescope captures new detail of Phantom Galaxy
The James Webb space telescope has revealed dazzling new detail of a previously known slice of the cosmos 32 million light-years away, in a new picture released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
The infrared technology of the telescope, launched in December 2021, has allowed for an even clearer view of the so-called Phantom Galaxy than astronomers had ever seen before.
Fuel leaks force NASA to scrub launch of new moon rocket
Fuel leaks have forced NASA to scrub the launch of its new moon rocket on a no-crew test flight.
The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest.
The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a mission to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon.
Tourists flock to Florida for Moon rocket launch
Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji.
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Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplanet atmosphere
The months-old James Webb Space Telescope has added another major scientific discovery to its growing list: Detecting for the first time signs of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system.
New space telescope shows Jupiter’s auroras, tiny moons
The world's newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all.
Scientists released the shots on Aug. 22 of the solar system's biggest planet.
Russian spacewalk cut short due to issue with suit
A spacewalk by two Russians on Aug. 17 was ended abruptly due to a problem with the battery in cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev's suit, though at no point was he in any danger, the US and Russian space agencies said.
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