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301 Exoplanets Added to Kepler Mission’s Total via Deep Learning

Dec 1, 2021 | Daily Space, Exoplanets, JWST, Mars, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Spacecraft, Stars, Supermassive Black Holes, White Dwarfs

Using a new deep neural network called ExoMiner, scientists have added 301 exoplanets to the Kepler mission’s already enormous total of 4,569 confirmed planets. Plus, updates on Hubble and JWST, how InSight mapped Mars’ inner structure, an ultrahot Jupiter, and rockets. Yup. Rockets.

Rocket Roundup for November 10, 2021

Nov 11, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

Rocket Roundup includes two long-delayed Chinese launches that finally go up along with another surprise Chinese launch, Russia launches a space station resupply, and Japan launches nine small satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the first ISS Expedition.

Rocket Roundup for October 27, 2021

Oct 28, 2021 | Daily Space, JWST, Random Space Fact, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

This week on Rocket Roundup, we cover a little bit of everything: French, Chinese, and Japanese rockets launch satellites into orbit, and South Korea attempts the first launch of their homemade Nuri rocket but fails to put its payload into orbit. In rocket history, we look back at the first Chinese crewed spaceflight, Shenzhou 5.

Rocket Roundup for October 20, 2021

Oct 21, 2021 | Asteroids, Blue Origin, Cassini, Crewed Space, Daily Space, JWST, Lucy, Random Space Fact, Rockets, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

This week, our Rocket Roundup includes crewed space flights from the U.S. and China, Russia launches more satellites for OneWeb, and NASA launches the Lucy spacecraft to visit asteroids near Jupiter. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the launch of the Cassini mission to Saturn.

Rocket Roundup for October 6, 2021

Oct 7, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

On this week’s Rocket Roundup: the latest crewed Soyuz launch, MS-19; a Cargo Dragon brings back science for NASA; and a JPL robot competes in a DARPA competition. Plus, this week in rocket history, we cover the grandparent of them all – Sputnik 1.

Rocket Roundup for September 15, 2021

Sep 16, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

The Rocket Roundup this week features two Chinese launches, including one we couldn’t cover last week, a Russian military satellite launch, and some more Starlink and OneWeb internet satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we discuss a groundbreaking mission that sent humans farther from Earth than ever before: Gemini 11.