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Streak and Plume from SpaceX Crew-2 Launch
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Halo of the Cat's Eye
Not a Falcon 9 rocket launch after sunset, the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae in the sky.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Skygazers on the Beach
Kona, a young boxer, is a dog who loves splashing in the waves along Solana Beach near San Diego, planet Earth.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Falcon 9 Nebula
Not the Hubble Space Telescope's latest view of a distant planetary nebula, this illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled even casual U.S. west coast skygazers on October 7.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: West Coast Launch and Landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch dazzled viewers along the U.S. west coast after sunset on October 7.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Dawn's Early Light, Rocket's Red Glare
If you saw the dawn's early light from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station last Friday, June 29, then you could have seen this rocket's red glare.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: TESS Launch Close Up
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) began its search for planets orbiting other stars by leaving planet Earth on April 18.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Space Shuttle Rising
What's that rising from the clouds? The space shuttle.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Car Orbiting Earth
Last week, a car orbited the Earth. The car, created by humans and robots on the Earth, was launched by the SpaceX Company to demonstrate the ability of its Falcon Heavy Rocket to place spacecraft out in the Solar System
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Roadster, Starman, Planet Earth
Don't panic. It's just a spacesuited mannequin named Starman
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