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NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside the Crew Dragon Capsule, with a next generation sleek design which will be used in SpaceX Demo 2 that'll send the these two astronauts to the International Space Station in May, 2020
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Check out @NASA_Orion spittin' fire 🔥! We've conducted years of hot-fire tests to prepare Orion's launch abort system to safely steer #Artemis astronauts away in the event of an anomaly during launch. Recap them here ▶️

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NASA's Artemis program update (26th March 2019 - 2020)
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Block 3 Falcon 9, v1.2
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It’s one of only two SpaceX Falcon 9 boosters on display and the first commercial space exhibit for Space Center Houston.
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Falcon first stage, B1035 is displayed horizontally and elevated 14 feet off the ground near Independence Plaza.

It has flown a total of two times for CRS-11 and CRS-13(Commercial Resupply Service) NASA missions and is the only booster that has been reused for a NASA mission.

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J1407b is sometimes referred as "Saturn on steroids" and "Super Saturn" due to it's massive ring system.

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J1407b(Super Saturn)

It is an exoplanet located about 430 light years away from earth that has a ring system which is 200 times larger than the Saturn's.

The radius of the Saturn's rings is about 60,000 km whereas the radius of the Super Saturn's rings is about 90 million km

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SpaceX says the crew version of its Starship rocket will include "private cabins, large common areas, centralized storage, solar storm shelters and a viewing gallery."

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The rocket is carrying the sixth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-6) satellite. AEHF-6 is the final satellite in the AEHF constellation, which provide extremely high speed, protected, jam-resistant, secure communication for US military on ground, water and air.

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket took to the skies Thursday afternoon (March 26), delivering a highly advanced communications satellite to orbit for the U.S. Space Force.

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Matter cannot be created or destroyed. That means that every human that lived up to the point of this photo being taken still exists, at least in some form, and every human that has been born since then was also is in this photo, at least in some form.

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Loneliest picture ever

Michael Collins took this picture of the Lunar Module, containing Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong with Earth in the background, during the Apollo 11 mission. This makes him the only person ever to have lived who was not inside the frame of the photo.

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The MMU consists of 26 small nitrogen thrusters. It's mass is 148 kilograms with full propellant load(11.8 kg nitrogen). It gives six-hour EVA(Extra Vehicular Activity) depending on the amount of maneuvering done. Typical MMU velocity capability was about 25 m/s.

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Untethered Space Walk

There has been 7 untethered space walks till now. Six in 1984 using MMU(Manned Maneuvering Unit) and one in 1994 using SAFER rescue device.

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Another propulsion device replaced the MMU in 1994, named SAFER. The Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue, as the name suggests, is a simple and small jetpack worn during every EVA. It is supposed to be used only during an emergency.

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Olympus Mons
The Tallest planetary mountain in the Solar System having a height of nearly 22 km and is about two and a half times higher than the highest mountain on earth(Mount Everest)