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  • Critical engine test for NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket shuts down earlier than planned
    NASA fired up the core stage of its massive new megarocket Saturday (Jan. 16) in a critical test that appeared to shut down early.
  • NASA will test-fire its 1st SLS megarocket for moon missions today. Here's how to watch.
    NASA will attempt to fire the engines on its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket for the first time today and you can watch the fiery action live online.
  • Replay: NASA test-fires 1st SLS megarocket engines in critical test
    NASA will fire up the engines of its first Space Launch System megarocket today (Jan. 16) in a critical test for the agency's Artemis moon program. Here's how to watch it live.
  • On This Day in Space! Jan. 16, 1969: 1st docking of 2 crewed spacecraft
    On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
  • Rocket Lab calls off microsatellite launch due to sensor issue
    The small-satellite launch company Rocket Lab called off its first launch of 2021 from New Zealand Saturday (Jan. 16) due to some strange sensor readings ahead of liftoff.

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  • This Week in Astronomy Pictures: A Magnetic Whirlpool, Windblown Jets & More
    Whether you're here for eye candy or a more cosmic perspective, these astronomy pictures released this week will do the trick. The post This Week in Astronomy Pictures: A Magnetic Whirlpool, Windblown Jets & More appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  • What the Most Distant Quasar Tells Us About Black Hole Birth
    The existence of a quasar when the universe was only 670 million years old is helping astronomers understand how black holes are born. The post What the Most Distant Quasar Tells Us About Black Hole Birth appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  • This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 15 – 23
    Bright Capella high overhead, and equally bright Rigel in Orion's foot, have almost the same right ascension. This means they cross your sky’s meridian at almost exactly the same time. So whenever Capella passes the zenith, Rigel marks true south, and vice versa. That happens around 9 or 10 p.m. now. The post This Week's […]
  • Masquerading Magnetars Make Short Brilliant Bursts
    Giant flares emitted from the surface of highly magnetized neutron stars could explain some gamma-ray flashes astronomers have caught over the past few decades. The post Masquerading Magnetars Make Short Brilliant Bursts appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  • Black Hole Feasts on Star, Bite by Bite
    Like a cosmic blinker, a distant supermassive black hole is flaring every 114 days. Astronomers believe the eerily regular signal betrays the piecemeal devouring of a star. The post Black Hole Feasts on Star, Bite by Bite appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

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  • Green Run hotfire test ends early
    NASA performed a hotfire test of the core stage of the Space Launch System Jan. 16, but the stage’s four main engines shut down a little more than a minute into a test designed to last eight minutes. SpaceNews
  • Policy directive on GPS issued in closing days of Trump administration
    Space Policy Directive-7 highlights the United States’ ever growing dependence on space-based positioning, navigation and timing. SpaceNews
  • FCC C-band auction raised nearly $81 billion so far
    The U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s C-band auction of 280-megahertz of C-band has raised nearly $81 billion and it’s not quite over. SpaceNews
  • NASA ceases efforts to deploy Mars InSight heat flow probe
    After nearly two years of struggles, NASA has abandoned efforts to deploy a heat flow probe on its InSight lander into the surface of Mars. SpaceNews
  • Foust Forward | “Pro-space” lawmakers on wrong side of history after Capitol riot
    The uncomfortable truth now facing the space community, in the days after the horrific events at the Capitol Jan. 6, is that some of the most prominent Republican supporters of space in Congress are on the wrong side of history. SpaceNews
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