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5 days ago | 
vcstar.com | Eric Lagatta
At 950 feet in diameter, the asteroid is about the size of a typical stadium, or three football fields. The Virtual Telescope Project plans to stream the event live on YouTube. An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours.
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5 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Greta Cross |Eric Lagatta |Anthony Robledo
A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to conduct scientific measurements. However, an apparent engine malfunction kept the spacecraft from landing properly and since, it has remained abandoned in Earth's low-orbit. Until now.
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5 days ago | 
usatoday.com | Greta Cross |Eric Lagatta |Anthony Robledo
A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to conduct scientific measurements. However, an apparent engine malfunction kept the spacecraft from landing properly and since, it has remained abandoned in Earth's low-orbit. Until now.
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5 days ago | 
floridatoday.com | Eric Lagatta
Most calculations predict the decaying probe's remnants could come crashing down early Saturday morning. Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land pretty much anywhere, astronomers calculate. But it's likely to land in a body of water. Because the Soviet-era spacecraft was designed to survive the extreme temperature and atmospheric density of Venus, researchers suspect it could survive a trip through Earth's, too.
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azcentral.com | Eric Lagatta
The possible impending launch comes nearly a week after SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, called off a previous attempt to get the rocket off the ground. Like most SpaceX launches, the liftoff will be livestreamed. But the rocket launch will also be widely visible for many spectators across California and even neighboring Arizona. People in Arizona may see a SpaceX rocket blast off into orbit – ahead of Mother’s Day.
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5 days ago | 
vcstar.com | Eric Lagatta
Like most SpaceX launches, the liftoff will be livestreamed. But the rocket launch will also be widely visible for many spectators across California and even neighboring Arizona. There's a potential that many in the Southern California area could hear sonic booms. Owned by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Starlink is a constellation of more than 6,700 satellites that provide internet service to customers around the world.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Eric Lagatta
Elon Musk's interest in sending humans to Mars is no secret − and he has a plan (and vehicle) to do it. The billionaire founder of SpaceX, who has been thrust into the spotlight for his association with the Trump administration, has often stated his goal of colonizing the Red Planet – part of his long-held dream of making "life multiplanetary."But why is the richest man on Earth so obsessed with Mars?
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6 days ago | 
mtshastanews.com | Eric Lagatta
In an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Elon Musk explained why he's so set on sending his Starship rocket to colonize Mars. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO estimated humanity has 450 million years "before it gets so hot that life is impossible." But sun's entire lifespan will last another 6 billion years. That should be plenty of time for Musk and SpaceX to develop the massive Starship rocket, which has yet to reach orbit.
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6 days ago | 
tallahassee.com | Eric Lagatta
In an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Elon Musk explained why he's so set on sending his Starship rocket to colonize Mars. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO estimated humanity has 450 million years "before it gets so hot that life is impossible." But sun's entire lifespan will last another 6 billion years. That should be plenty of time for Musk and SpaceX to develop the massive Starship rocket, which has yet to reach orbit.
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6 days ago | 
floridatoday.com | Eric Lagatta
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has often stated his goal of colonizing the Red Planet as part of his long-held dream of making "life multiplanetary."In an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, Elon Musk explained why he's so set on sending his Starship rocket to colonize Mars. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO estimated humanity has 450 million years "before it gets so hot that life is impossible." But sun's entire lifespan will last another 6 billion years.
