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Ridgewood NJ, look up in the sky on June 3. Get ready for a spectacular celestial event! A “planet parade” is set to take place, where six planets will appear to align in the sky near dawn. However, only three of these planets will be visible to the naked eye. Despite sounding extraordinary, such alignments are more common than you might think.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to NASA looking directly at the Sun, except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks its bright face, can be extremely dangerous and cause severe eye injury. Specialized eye protection for solar viewing is essential.
Whether you’re moving to a new house or you’re planning to renovate your current home, knowing how to style your home is essential. There are endless options and trends out there that you can follow, but not all of them will suit your style. Still, the wide variety of options can make the process of choosing a design overwhelming. Here are some tips on how to choose your home design:
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Ridgewood NJ, Northrop Grumman Corp has acquired a $935 million contract from NASA to develop living quarters for its planned outpost in lunar orbit. The Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) will be a vital component of NASA’s lunar Gateway. Gateway will support science investigations and enable surface landings on the moon. Eight countries have signed a pact as part of the Artemis program. NASA is aiming to launch the spacecraft in November 2024.
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MARS, the science team is studying the clouds, which arrived earlier and formed higher than expected, to learn more about the Red Planet.
Cloudy days are rare in the thin, dry atmosphere of Mars. Clouds are typically found at the planet’s equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit. But one full Martian year ago – two Earth years – scientists noticed clouds forming over NASA’s Curiosity rover earlier than expected.
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Ridgewood NJ, NASA has released a video showing several viewpoints of last week’s Mars landing. The video shows the descent starting from the release of the parachute. About 30GB of data was captured during the descent. The footage will be used to sharpen knowledge about future entry, descent, and landing technology. One problem identified by the footage is the large amount of dust that was kicked up by the descent stage, which will be an important issue for larger spacecraft. The video of the landing is available in the article.
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Memories >>>During a televised hearing, Feynman demonstrated that the material used in the shuttle’s O-ringsbecame less resilient in cold weather by compressing a sample of the material in a clamp and immersing it in ice-cold water.
Virgin ‘ignored’ space safety warnings before crash: expert
Los Angeles (AFP) – A rocket science safety expert on Sunday said Virgin Galactic “ignored” safety warnings in the years leading up to the deadly crash of its spacecraft in California, as investigators hunted for clues to accident’s cause.
Carolynne Campbell, a rocket propulsion expert with the Netherlands-based International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, said she could not speculate on the cause of Friday’s crash without “all the data.”
However, she said multiple warnings had been issued to Virgin since 2007, when three engineers died testing a rocket on the ground.
“Based on the work we’ve done, including me writing a paper on the handling of nitrous oxide, we were concerned about what was going on at Virgin Galactic,” she told AFP.
“I sent copies of the paper to various people at Virgin Galactic in 2009, and they were ignored,” she said.
https://news.yahoo.com/probe-virgin-spaceship-crash-may-085338983.html;_ylt=AwrBJR8tdlZUJ0YAc5XQtDMD
