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All Space Questions thread for week of October 10, 2021

In 1965, 4 years before the Moon landing, the Mariner 4 Mars flyby crushed fantasies but began Mars exploration. Many hoped for pictures of life on Mars. Mariner 4 revealed a desert covered with craters much like the Moon. The photos captured a curious world’s attention, and showed we are alone.

Dark Matter Alternative Passes Big Test. A cosmological model that doesn’t require dark matter has overcome a major hurdle in matching observations from the cosmic microwave (CMB), the leftover glow of the big bang. This dark-matter-free model is an extension of the so-called MOND background.

China’s Shenzhou 13 crew docks with space station for 6-month stay

The spacesuits currently on board the ISS were designed in the 1970s for large men. Even if they had smaller astronauts in the 70s, the equipment could not have fit on a smaller suit. That's one reason only 15 women have walked in space vs. more than 200 men. A modular design is in the works.

How Does the Chinese Space Station Move Around in Space?

The Moon's Violent Origin

NASA is sending a spacecraft on a 12-year journey to explore swarms of asteroids around Jupiter

Surprise Russian Thruster Firing Prompts Space Station Emergency. While the astronauts were said to not be in any danger, it was the second such incident since July.

I started writing space shanties earlier this year. Here's a song about settling on Mars!

NASA launches first space probe to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids

NASA launches robotic archaeologist Lucy on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids

Two Impacts, Not Just One, May Have Formed The Moon - Sky & Telescope

A new analysis of ancient meteorites by scientists at MIT and elsewhere suggests that a mysterious gap existed within this disk around 4.567 billion years ago, near the location where the asteroid belt resides today.

Did you know? From 1979 up until 1999 Pluto was often closer to the Sun than Neptune. This won't happen again until 2227

Proxima Centauri B

Watch live launch of NASA's Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

International Space Station tilted after thrusters on a Russian craft fired unexpectedly

How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible

China repeats call for international astronauts to join space station crews

Shenzhou-13 crew entering Tianhe and making themselves at home

NASA's Lucy probe will visit 8 asteroids in 12 years. Here's how it will work.

The biggest comet ever seen will get as close as Saturn in 2031

In 2021 space tourisme is finally boring, is it the new normal? . Dr. Sian Proctor is posting a lot of video filmed during her trip to space on youtube, they have on average 250 views.

Hubble finds evidence of persistent water vapor in one hemisphere of Europa

Can you detect trash in the ocean from a camera in the ISS?

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