By Steve Gorman -A 42-year-old data engineer on the first all-civilian astronaut crew to reach orbit made some spaceflight history on Friday, with a zero-gravity ukulele performance in a SpaceX capsule hundreds of miles above Earth's surface. Chris Sembroski, a Lockheed Martin employee and U.S. Air Force veteran, strummed a few chords for home-bound viewers during a 10-minute

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WASHINGTON: The first space tourism mission by Elon Musk's SpaceX blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (Sep 15) and the four crew members - a billionaire and three other Americans - have already seen more than 25 sunsets and sunrises.
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Artist’s concept of a protoplanetary disk around a star (left) and the “soup” of organic molecules in the disk (right). Image via M.Weiss/ CfA.Planets are born in cosmic soupsSoup lovers know that there are many different kinds of soup, with a wide variety of tasty ingredients to make them unique.

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SpaceX’s first private, all-civilian flight is targeting a return to Earth on Saturday, September 18, with an approximate splashdown at 7:06 p.m. EDT in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.

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The satellite, named Lunar Pathfinder, will be vital for the planned return missions to the Moon. Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and supported by 11.6 million pounds in UK Space Agency funding via the European Space Agency (ESA), the satellite will also allow greater freedom for rovers operating on the far side of the Moon, allowing them to manoeuvre out of sight of their lander

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Two interactive web experiences let you explore the Martian surface, as seen by cameras aboard the rover and orbiters flying overhead. 
It's the next best thing to being on Mars: Two online interactive experiences let you check out Jezero Crater - the landing site and exploration locale for NASA's Perseverance rover - without leaving our planet. 
One new experience, called "Explore wit

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