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The world's blackest paint could stop satellites ruining astronomers' views

Reflective satellites are getting in the way of stargazing. (Joshua Rozells) Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded ...
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Orbit | The Official Mascot of the Houston Astros

Since rejoining the team in 2012 as the official mascot of the Houston Astros, Orbit has quickly become one of the most popular mascots in baseball and all of sports! During pregame, you can often ...
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Spaceman captures jaw-dropping views of aurora from orbit

A spaceman has captured jaw-dropping views of aurora from orbit. NASA astronaut Jonny Kim shared the scene from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as he viewed the phenomenon from 260 miles ...
Ars Technica

There are 2,000-plus dead rockets in orbit—here’s a rare view of one

There are more than 2,000 mostly intact dead rockets circling the Earth, but until this year, no one ever launched a satellite to go see what one looked like after many years of tumbling around the ...
SpaceNews

The View From Orbit: An Aurora In Red, Green And Blue

Red, green and blue in this aurora picture. The green is the standard aurora colour, but of course nothing is ever standard about these magnificent shows of nature! Aurora turn red at higher altitudes ...
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Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit, NASA SP-362

Masursky, Harold, Colton, G. W., and El-Baz, Farouk. 1978. Apollo Over the Moon: A View from Orbit, NASA SP-362. Washington, D.C: NASA Scientific and Technical ...