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Jul 2, 2018

What’s Up for July 2018

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🔴 👋 🌎 Mars will put on a show for us in July!

Here’s how to observe the Red Planet during its closest approach to Earth since 2003.

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Jul 2, 2018

Mysterious ‘Oumuamua’ space object has finally been identified

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Astronomers now know exactly what to call the “Oumuamua” object — which is hurtling through space at 70,000 miles per hour and was originally thought to be a UFO.

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Jul 1, 2018

The Philippines is proud to announce the rocket launch of its first cube satellite, MAYA-1, to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 29, 2018

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Watch out for its broadcast on Friday at 5:41 PM (PHT), live from Canaveral, Florida, at the DOST-ASTI FB page!

#sciencejourney60

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Jul 1, 2018

Astronaut Mark Kelly says Trump’s order to create a Space Force ‘is a dumb idea’

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The US already has the Air Force Space Command and the Space Mission Force.


President Donald Trump on Monday said he wanted to create a sixth military division called the Space Force. But Mark Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut and Navy veteran, tweeted that it was “a dumb idea” because the US Air Force already has a Space Command and a space force.

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Jun 30, 2018

Gateway Foundation Spaceport envisions large scale space construction

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

Orbital Assembly and the Gateway Foundation are working on a reasonable set of plans and steps to build a space station that is 488 meters in diameter.

They would start with a hub that is 78 meters wide.

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Jun 30, 2018

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The Philippines is proud to announce the rocket launch of its first cube satellite, MAYA-1, to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 29, 2018.

Watch out for its broadcast on Friday at 5:41 PM (PHT), live from Canaveral, Florida, at the DOST-ASTI FB page!

#sciencejourney60

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Jun 30, 2018

At Asteroid Ryugu, Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Preps for Exploration

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The probe will map the surface, deploy rovers and collect pristine samples that could contain clues about the origins of life on Earth.

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Jun 30, 2018

Meet the creepy new AI system designed to help astronauts in space

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Scientists are sending up the new tool, called CIMON, in order to help astronauts on the International Space Station.

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Jun 30, 2018

Amazing Facts About Star Clusters

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#Stars #Astronomy

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Jun 30, 2018

20 Mice Are Going to Space To Help Us Figure out How to Survive on Mars

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space

Houston, we’ve got mice.


20 astronaut mice en route to the International Space Station (ISS) could shed light on the effect on long-term space exposure on the human body.

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