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  2. 2024 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    The other two crew members were exposed to the vacuum of space in the capsule, but did not leave it. First all-private crew spacewalk with commercially developed hardware, procedures, and the EVA suit. New record for most people exposed to the vacuum of space at a time. [85] 17 December 04:51 9 hours, 6 minutes 13:57 Shenzhou 19 TSS Wentian ...

  3. 2023 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    For the third year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211). The growth in orbital launch cadence can in large part be attributed to SpaceX , as they increased their number of launches from 61 in 2022 to 98 in 2023.

  4. 2024 in science - Wikipedia

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    New images from the Euclid space telescope are published, including a view of the Messier 78 star nursery. [274] Astronomers using TESS report the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a Venus-sized exoplanet located 40 light-years away, with an equilibrium temperature of 315 K (42 °C; 107 °F). This makes it the nearest, transiting, temperate, Earth ...

  5. Discovery of "tipped over" black hole surprises NASA scientists

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    Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 5084's core. A dark, vertical line near the center shows the curve of a dusty disk orbiting the core, suggesting a supermassive black hole inside.

  6. History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever ...

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    The Parker Solar Probe passed within just 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface — seven times closer to the burning ball of gas than any other mission has gotten.

  7. Mysterious cosmic ray electrons have been spotted for the ...

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    Just beyond the reach of charged particles from our Sun (which is, in some ways, the edge of our solar system), the Voyager spacecraft have witnessed a previously-unseen phenomenon for the first time.

  8. List of active Solar System probes - Wikipedia

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    Solar System space probes operational as of November 2024. This is a list of active space probes which have escaped Earth orbit. It includes lunar space probes, but does not include space probes orbiting at the Sun–Earth Lagrangian points (for these, see List of objects at Lagrangian points). A craft is deemed "active" if it is still able to ...

  9. Trump, Musk watch SpaceX launch Starship, booster ... - AOL

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    (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket to space from Texas on Tuesday, advancing the ship's spaceflight abilities but botching an attempt to bring its booster back to ...