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Environmental Effects

Space Travel Company to Convert OSV to ‘Marine Spaceport’

April 20, 2023
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| Environmental Effects, Launch sites, Space Tourism

By Mike Schuler, Published by gCaptain, 20 April 2023 One of the world’s first global space travel companies has revealed plans to convert a former Edison Chouest Offshore offshore supply vessel (OSV) to an at-sea spaceport for human space flight. The vessel, named MS Voyager, is being developed by US-based

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SpaceX’s Uncrewed Starship Rocket Explodes Minutes After Launch

April 20, 2023
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| Environmental Effects, Launch failure, SpaceX, Starship

By Marcia Dunn, AP, Published by Time, 20 April 2023 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. See: video of take-off here. Elon Musk’s

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket blows up minutes after launch

April 20, 2023
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| Artemis, Environmental Effects, Launch failure, Moon missions, Space Tourism, SpaceX, Starship

By Oliver Homes, Published by the Guardian, 20 April 2023 Largest and most powerful rocket ever built blasts off on test flight that is hoped to be step on human journey to Mars The largest and most powerful rocket ever built has blasted off from Texas but blew up within

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There’s No Way to Make Space Travel Good for Planet Earth Right Now

April 19, 2023
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| Blue Origin, Environmental Effects, Moon missions, SpaceX, Starship

By Jeffrey Kluger, Published by Time, 19 April 2023 SpaceX has never been reluctant to brag, especially when it comes to its celebrated Falcon 9 rocket. Since 2010, as a company toteboard shows, 217 Falcon 9s have flown, with 61 launches in 2022 alone, making it the workhorse of the

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NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down

April 8, 2023
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| Environmental Effects, space weather, Starlink

By Universe Today and Carolyn Collins Petersen, Published by Inverse, 8 April 2023 The company allegedly ignored warnings of bad space weather brewing. On March 23, sky observers marveled at a gorgeous display of northern and southern lights. It was a reminder that when our Sun gets active, it can

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Why Chinese Rockets Spew Toxic Bright Red Gas Clouds On Launch

March 22, 2023
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| China, Environmental Effects, Rockets

By OLiver Parken, Published by The War Zone, 22 March 2023 The rusty red-colored exhaust plume that comes with many Chinese rocket launches looks dangerous because it is. Footage of China’s most recent Long March 3B Y90 rocket launch appeared last week. Aside from the high terrain of the launch

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Starlink Satellites: Impacts and Controversies

March 20, 2023
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| Environmental Effects, Satellites, Space Debris, SpaceX, Starlink, Uncategorized

By Samantha Johnson, Published by Space is the Limit, 20 March 2023 Have you ever looked up at the night sky and marveled at the beauty of the stars, only to be interrupted by a trail of bright lights moving across the sky? That’s probably the Starlink project by SpaceX,

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Sony CubeSat Fires up Water-Based Engine in Earth Orbit for the First Time

March 13, 2023
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| Environmental Effects, Japan, Mini-Satellites, NASA

By Passant Rabie, Published by Gizmodo, 13 March 2023 Japan's Pale Blue water-based propulsion system successfully completed its initial test on board the nanosatellite. Japanese company Pale Blue pulled off the first test of its experimental water vapor propulsion system, flying a nano-satellite for the first time in space using

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