Space information you’ll have missed over the previous week (Aug. 25)

Auroras will be seen from house station in ‘wild’ timelapse from NASA Crew-11 astronaut

Auroras on Earth are a shocking sight to behold — and a uncommon one at that from Florida and many of the continental U.S.

Lucky sufficient to have witnessed a phenomenon that within the Northern Hemisphere is named the northern lights? Well, now think about what that may appear to be from about 250 miles above.

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X-37B mission: What to find out about secret Space Force house airplane launch this week

A secret house airplane from the U.S. Space Force is about to fly on its eighth mission — one geared toward demonstrating crucial house expertise for deep house exploration.

Just beneath six months post-landing, the Boeing-built X-37B Space Force house airplane is slated to fly once more no sooner than 11:40 p.m. Thursday, August 21, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

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Launch recap: SpaceX rocket launches secret Space Force X-37B house airplane in Florida

Launch recap: Live updates from USSF-36 mission, which launched at 11:50 p.m. Aug. 21 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

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NASA moon reactor directive, X-37B mission and Cargo Dragon launch | Space Beat

NASA’s obtained marching orders to develop and construct a nuclear reactor on the moon by the mid-2030s. The purpose? The United States is now in a renewed house race with Russia and China to construct an influence supply on the moon and declare our stake on the lunar floor.

This is simply one of many matters mentioned on this week’s episode of Space Beat. Today, host Rob Landers and house workforce reporter Brooke Edwards speak about: the brand new NASA directive; the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B and its mission to examine GPS sign energy close to the moon; an replace on Artemis II and plans for this system transferring ahead; and the way the International Space Station will get enhance from an upcoming SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission.

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SpaceX rocket launches mysterious X-37B house airplane from Kennedy Space Center in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the X-37B Space Force house airplane again into orbit late on Thursday, Aug. 21 — marking the mysterious uncrewed car’s eighth mission.

The mission, referred to as USSF-36, launched at 11:50 p.m. from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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‘A unique breed’: SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase nonetheless rising from South Texas sand flats

BOCA CHICA, Texas — Mirages shimmered throughout the sand flats amid the 95-degree South Texas solar approaching SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase, the place an enormous Starship rocket and two Super Heavy boosters loomed on the horizon like a setting from a “Dune” film.

Vehicles jounce eastward towards Starbase alongside sparsely populated Boca Chica Boulevard, the lone two-lane street main from “civilization” close to Brownsville to SpaceX’s isolated Starship operations almost a half-hour away. Years of heavy construction-truck site visitors headed to SpaceX’s futuristic amenities battered this asphalt into lengthy stretches of shock-absorber-pounding patched potholes.

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SpaceX rocket launch recap: CRS-33 NASA resupply mission from Cape Canaveral early Sunday

Launch recap: Scroll all the way down to learn dwell updates from the CRS-33 mission, which launched at 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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CRS-33: SpaceX launches fiftieth Dragon to ISS on resupply mission for NASA from Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into the clear night time sky on Sunday, Aug. 24, hoisting a Dragon spacecraft filled with provides to the International Space Station.

Known as CRS-33, the mission took off at 2:45 a.m. from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1

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