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Ukrainians will be able to observe the phenomenon of the black moon
This means that even though the "blue" moon is more visible, the "black" moon is more rare. A full moon refers to the moment when the moon's Earth-facing side is fully illuminated by sunlight. It can be called Black Super New Moon . The upcoming black moon is also technically a supermoon, because the moon will be near the closest point to Earth while it orbits the planet. [Full Article...]
Bad Weather Delays Blue Origin Launch of Reusable New Shepard Spacecraft
The launch time has not yet been announced. There's a chance that weather won't cooperate, and the team is monitoring conditions and will provide an update if they have to put off the launch to a. Milestone will be reached It's Blue Origin's turn to bask in the spotlight and for several notable reasons. "Our next launch attempt will be tomorrow morning, Wed". [Full Article...]
Public Gets Glimpse of NASA's Most Powerful Rocket Launcher
But maybe bold is exactly what the space agency needs, considering how behind it is on its mission to put astronauts on the moon again. The liquid hydrogen tank "withstood more than 260% of expected flight loads over five hours before engineers detected a buckling point, which then ruptured", NASA said. [Full Article...]
Sydney Engulfed in 'Extremely' Hazardous Smoke as Raging Bushfires Intensify
Put simply: Sydney is in a climate emergency, and it's not over yet. "We can not deny that these fires have been going on for weeks and we need to address the causes of them", he said. In addition, the New South Wales Ambulance Superintendent Brent Armitage announced Tuesday that the service has been responding to dozens of calls a day related to respiratory health issues. [Full Article...]
Exxon Wins Closely Watched Climate Case
The attorney general's office had no immediate comment. "Today's ruling affirms the position Exxon Mobil has held throughout the NY attorney general's baseless investigation", Exxon spokesperson Casey Norton said in a statement. In October, as the NY trial was getting underway, MA announced its own lawsuit against Exxon, including allegations about proxy costs similar to those Ostrager rejected. [Full Article...]
SpaceX delivers mice and a floating robot to the International Space Station
The Dragon held three tons worth of supplies and experiments. The company successfully delivered cargo to the space station nearly every time, except for once in 2015, when a SpaceX Falcon rocket exploded. SpaceX and Boeing were awarded multi-million dollar contracts in 2014 to fly astronauts to the space station for NASA after the agency retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011. [Full Article...]
Massive ice melt in Greenland will 'expose 400 million people to flooding'
Our assessment, now published in the journal Nature , is produced by an worldwide team of scientists who combined the results of 26 different surveys as part of a programme known as the ice sheet mass balance inter-comparison exercise ( IMBIE ). [Full Article...]
Astronauts Won’t Make the 1st All Female Spacewalk After All, NASA Says
Kristen Facciol of the Canadian Space Agency would provide ground support at the Johnson Space Center in Houston as the two astronauts ventured outside of the International Space Station. The spacesuit is unisex and comes in sizes medium, large and extra large on the ISS. What should have been a giant leap for womankind has turned into a stumble after Nasa said on Monday night that they will onl... [Full Article...]