The Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Starship missions achieved major goals of spaceflight

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Events in space don’t often unfold as they do in movies.

But a spacecraft flight can provide stunning views and awe-inspiring moments beyond imagination.

SpaceX stacked its massive lunar rocket and Starship capsule on the launch pad this week to launch its fourth test flight, the spacecraft An exciting show that did not disappoint.

The unmanned Starship capsule was launched on an orbital flight before making a controlled re-entry and laying down its heat shield through the extreme temperatures of Earth’s atmosphere. In the end, the powerful craft succeeded in achieving its expected landing and fell into the Indian Ocean.

The milestones achieved during the flight demonstrate how successful the spacecraft will ultimately be Reusability, which will come in handy as the SpaceX team looks to send its craft on missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Meanwhile, SpaceX competitor Boeing has made historic strides during the first crewed flight of its Starliner spacecraft.

After launching on Wednesday, Starliner and its first human crew set a course for the International Space Station.

But the trip was not without problems, including… Helium leak and impeller failure.

After working to overcome potential setbacks in mission control, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams received a cheerful welcome aboard the station Thursday afternoon. Now, the astronaut duo will spend the next eight days or so on the station.

“We’re very excited to get into space,” Williams said. “It doesn’t get much better.”

Motifs of giant snakes dominate a group of ancient petroglyphs found across Venezuela and Colombia that are believed to be among the largest ever found.

Researchers point out that the monumental works, which also include human figures, geometric shapes and birds, served as boundary markers for the regions inhabited by the sculptors.

One of the snake carvings is about 138 feet (42 m) long, which may be The largest single petroglyph ever recorded in the worldaccording to the researchers.

“One could be a warning sign – you’re in our backyard, you’d better be yourself. The other could be a sign of identity – you’re in the backyard,” said lead study author Dr Philip Reiris, a senior lecturer at Bournemouth University in England. Back of our house, you’re among friends.”
“But I don’t think they had one goal, so it could easily be both.”

A family trip through the badlands of North Dakota in 2022 led to an important scientific discovery — and the rare dinosaur find will soon be on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Sam Fisher, his sons Jaysen and Liam, ages 10 and 7, and their cousin Kayden Madsen, then 9, discovered what looked like a dinosaur leg sticking out of a rock, so they consulted a researcher at the museum.

that Preliminary fossils indicate that it was a small Tyrannosaurus rexThe fossil will be displayed in the museum starting June 21.

Experts at the museum will determine the true nature of the fossil as it is cleaned, and the public can watch the entire process in real time.

Geologists have discovered the first evidence of fresh water on Earth trapped within ancient crystal grains dating back about 4 billion years, which is much older than expected.

Researchers previously believed that the Earth was completely covered by a global ocean at that time, and had no dry land.

A new study suggests that the water cycle on Earth was already functioning at that time.

This discovery means, from a geological standpoint, that the recipe for the beginning of life existed Not long after our world was formed.

About 50,000 years ago, giant “thunderbirds” that were taller than humans and weighed hundreds of pounds lived in the forests and grasslands of Australia.

But these flightless birds, known as meherung, have been difficult to find in the fossil record — until now.

When researchers discovered a skull belonging to this species, known as Genyornis newtoni, they set about creating a digital reconstruction of the creature.

The final product revealed that he had a massive Thunderbird A face not unlike that of an exotic goose with a strong, muscular jaw.

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Engineers have identified a new plan that will enable NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to do just that He continues to make amazing observations about the universe After the observatory repeatedly entered “safe mode” this year.

– the The largest fossilized poop collection in the world The museum is now on display at Bosium in Williams, Arizona, where visitors can get “first-hand insights into the diet, behaviors and environments of ancient creatures,” museum owner George Frandsen said.

– that Intricately decorated blue room It is the latest discovery discovered at the archaeological site of Pompeii, and researchers believe that it served as an ancient Roman shrine.

Botanists have discovered that tiny fern cells contain more than 50 times as much DNA as humans, making them Largest known genomeaccording to new research.

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