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Out with a bang: Fireball turns night to day above northern Canada (VIDEOS) — RT World News
Venus Has Wild Climate Shifts and the Secret May Be In Its Clouds | Space
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China's lunar rover discovers strange substance on far side of the moonChina's lunar rover discovers strange substance on far side of the moon - CNETChina's Yutu-2 rover, launched as part of the Chang'e 4 mission, is the first-ever robot to explore the far side of the moon. Since landing in January, it's snapped gorgeous views of the lunar surface and made one unexpected discovery. Now, it's made another surprising find: an unusual substance with a "gel-like" appearance hidden inside a crater.
Flubber? Watch, you're dating yourself and I don't mean the one with Robin Williams in '97.
Watch on NASA Live:
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 5 p.m.: Coverage of the JAXA HTV-8 cargo spacecraft launch to the International Space Station. Liftoff aboard a H-IIB rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, is at 5:33 p.m. The H-II Transfer Vehicle-8 (HTV-8) cargo ship will delivering supplies to the orbiting laboratory.
Saturday, Sept. 14, 5:30 a.m.: Coverage of the JAXA HTV-8 cargo spacecraft rendezvous and capture at the International Space Station. Capture is targeted at 7 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 9 a.m.: Coverage of the Expedition 61 crew launch aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff is at 9:57 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 3:15 p.m.: Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft docking to the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled at 3:57 p.m. EDT.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 5:15 p.m.: Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft hatch opening and welcoming ceremony. Hatch opening is scheduled at 6 p.m. Expedition 61 crew members are welcomed aboard the International Space Station.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 3 a.m.: Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft undocking coverage. Expedition 60 crew members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and Roscosmos spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori depart from the International Space Station. Undocking scheduled at 3:35 a.m. EDT.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 5:30 a.m.: Soyuz MS-12 deorbit burn and landing coverage. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Expedition 60 crew members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and Roscosmos spaceflight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori returns to Earth. Deorbit burn scheduled at 6 a.m. EDT; landing near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan scheduled at 6:58 a.m. EDT.