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SpaceX powers Bandwagon-3 to orbit. Watch the highlights

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

SpaceX successfully launched the Bandwagon-3 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday night. Lifting off on time at 8:48 p.m. ET, the rocket carried with it ADD’s 425Sat-3, Tomorrow Companies Inc.’s Tomorrow-S7, and Atmos Space Cargo’s Phoenix reentry capsule. SpaceX livestreamed the early part of the dedicated rideshare mission.
NASA’s Lucy shares striking close-up of Donaldjohanson asteroid

2 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

NASA has shared the first closeup images of the Donaldjohanson asteroid, captured by its Lucy spacecraft on a recent flyby around 139 million miles (223 million km) from Earth. Our #LucyMission took a look at asteroid Donaldjohanson, its second asteroid encounter on its journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
Your politeness toward ChatGPT is increasing OpenAI’s energy costs

3 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

OpenAI has plans to soon make its Deep Research function available for free tier ChatGPT users. The feature has been available since early February to Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu subscribers; however, the AI company plans to expand availability beyond its paid users. Deep Research goes beyond the standard query results of the brand’s more traditional AI models. The AI agent has the ability to do extended research tasks on command without the help of a human.
NASA astronaut lands back on Earth on his 70th birthday

3 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sunday local time. The touchdown was on the same day that Pettit, NASA’s oldest serving astronaut, turned 70. The American astronaut departed the ISS on Friday with Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner.
Amazon reveals new launch date for debut Project Kuiper launch

5 days ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

Amazon’s inaugural launch of its Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9 turned out to be nothing of the sort when poor weather conditions prompted the mission team to postpone liftoff. Up until Thursday, we’d heard nothing from Amazon and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — the operator of the Atlas V rocket carrying the satellites to orbit — about a new target launch date. But on Friday, they finally revealed a new schedule.
The best space imagery from Don Pettit’s incredible 7-month mission

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Trevor Mogg

Share Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). During his time in orbit some 250 miles above Earth, Pettit has been sharing breathtaking photos and videos of Earth and beyond, featuring everything from star trails and aurora to rocket launches and cityscapes. To mark Pettit’s successful mission, we’ve pulled together some of his best social media posts from the last seven months.
NASA debuts free documentary on race to stop killer asteroids

1 week ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, a fascinating documentary looking at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from large asteroids spotted coming our way. The 75-minute production (above) features the astronomers and scientists who are working tirelessly to identify and monitor asteroids considered a potential threat — including, briefly, this one that made headlines earlier this year.
The best space imagery from Don Pettit's incredible 7-month mission

1 week ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). During his time in orbit some 250 miles above Earth, Pettit has been sharing breathtaking photos and videos of Earth and beyond, featuring everything from star trails and aurora to rocket launches and cityscapes. To mark Pettit’s successful mission, we’ve pulled together some of his best social media posts from the last seven months.
The new Polaroid Flip comes with sonar autofocus

1 week ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

Polaroid has just unveiled a new camera for some instant analog fun. The Flip comes with fewer features than Polaroid’s pricier I-2 model, but is more advanced than the Go, Polaroid’s most basic instant camera — so it could hit the sweet spot for some folks looking for such a device.
NASA astronaut is hoping for a smoother ride home than 22 years ago

1 week ago | digitaltrends.com | Trevor Mogg

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is just a couple of days away from returning to Earth on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after a seven-month stay at the International Space Station, making it the perfect time to revisit his astonishing account of his first Soyuz homecoming in 2003.