Jan. 17, 2025

SpaceX’s Test Turbulence, Blue Origin’s Orbital Triumph, and India’s Docking Debut: S04E15

SpaceX’s Test Turbulence, Blue Origin’s Orbital Triumph, and India’s Docking Debut: S04E15
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SpaceX’s Test Turbulence, Blue Origin’s Orbital Triumph, and India’s Docking Debut: S04E15

Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: S04E15

Welcome to another exhilarating episode of Astronomy Daily, your premier source for the latest in space exploration and cosmic discoveries. I'm Anna, and today we have a stellar lineup of stories that highlight major developments across the space industry.

Highlights:

- SpaceX's Starship Test Flight: SpaceX's seventh test flight of the Starship launch system brought both triumph and setback. Discover how the super heavy booster achieved a successful catch with the Mechazilla arms, despite the upper stage experiencing a rapid unscheduled disassembly.

- Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Success : Blue Origin celebrated a milestone with the successful orbital flight of the New Glenn rocket. Learn about this significant leap in commercial spaceflight and the challenges faced during booster recovery.

- International Space Station Updates : NASA astronaut Suni Williams completed a critical spacewalk, performing essential maintenance on the ISS. Find out how Williams and her crewmates have adapted to unexpected mission changes.

- India's Space Docking Milestone : India has joined an elite group of nations by successfully docking two satellites in orbit. Explore the implications of this achievement for India's ambitious space plans.

- Hubble's Andromeda Survey : The Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled an unprecedented portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy, revealing hundreds of millions of stars. Discover how this survey reshapes our understanding of galaxy evolution.

- Remembering David Lynch : We pay tribute to visionary filmmaker David Lynch, who brought the epic novel Dune to the big screen. Reflect on his impact on science fiction and cinema.

For more cosmic updates, visit our website at astronomydaily.io. (https://www.spacex.com/

Blue Origin

https://www.blueorigin.com/

International Space Station

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

Suni Williams

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/sunita-l-williams

Indian Space Research Organization

https://www.isro.gov.in/

Hubble Space Telescope

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html

David Lynch

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/

Dune (1984 film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/

Starlink

https://www.starlink.com/

New Shepard

https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard/



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00:00 - This week’s Astronomy Daily features some major developments in the space industry

00:45 - SpaceX’s seventh test flight of their massive starship launch system failed

02:52 - Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket successfully reached orbit for the first time

04:50 - NASA astronaut Suni Williams completed her eighth career spacewalk yesterday

08:25 - The Hubble Space Telescope has just completed its most ambitious survey yet of Andromeda

10:30 - David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker who brought Dune to the big screen

11:57 - This is the end of today’s episode of Astronomy Daily

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Hey space fans you're tuned into another


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exciting episode of astronomy daily


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we've got an absolutely packed show for


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you today with some major developments


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from across the space industry that you


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won't want to miss we'll be diving into


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spacex's latest Starship test flight


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that saw both Triumph and setback and


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blue Origins Milestone achievement with


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their new Glenn rocket we've also got


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updates from the International Space


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Station where astronaut Sunni Williams


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has been busy with a critical Space Walk


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India's space program has hit a


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remarkable new Milestone that puts them


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in a very exclusive club and we've got


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stunning New Revelations about our


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Galactic neighbor Andromeda from the


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Hubble Space Telescope plus we'll


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remember a Visionary filmmaker who


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brought one of sci-fi's greatest stories


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to the big screen let's blast off into


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today's space news spacex's seventh test


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flight of their massive Starship launch


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system brought both excitement and


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disappointment to space enthusiasts


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worldwide the test which took place at


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their Texas launch facility marked only


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the second successful catch of a super


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heavy booster using the launch Tower's


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mechanical arms nicknamed mechazilla a


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remarkable achievement in rocket


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reusability the super heavy booster


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equipped with 33 methane fueled Raptor


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engines generating an incredible 16.7


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million pounds of thrust performed


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flawlessly during its return to the


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launch site this massive thrust output


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makes Starship the world's most powerful


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launch system surpassing both the


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historic Saturn 5 rocket and NASA's


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current space launch system however the


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celebration was tempered when the upper


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stage designated as ship 33 experienced


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what SpaceX diplomatically called a


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rapid unscheduled disassembly during its


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Ascent burn according to Elon Musk


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preliminary data suggested an oxygen and


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fuel leak above the ship's engine


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firewall led to the breakup the incident


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caused some disruption to commercial air


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traffic as debris fell back to Earth


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though normal operations resumed quickly


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ship 33 had been upgraded with new


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avionics propulsion systems and forward


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control flaps along with Next Generation


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heat shield tiles the mission had


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ambitious goals including the planned


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deployment of 10 starlink satellite


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simulators and a controlled splash down


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in the Indian Ocean despite the setback


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SpaceX maintains its characteristic


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optimism the company views each test


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flight as a learning opportunity with


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plans to implement improvements


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including enhanced fire suppression and


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increased vent capacity they're already


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looking ahead to their next launch


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potentially as soon as next month this


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testing program represents crucial steps


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toward spacex's broader Ambitions


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including large-scale satellite


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deployments NASA's Artemis lunar


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missions and eventually musk's vision of


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establishing a self-sustaining City on


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Mars within the next two


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decades earlier in the day in a historic


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moment for commercial space flight blue


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origins new Glenn rocket successfully


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reached or orbit for the first time


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launching from Cape Canaveral space


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force station in Florida the early


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morning launch marks a significant


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milestone for Jeff bezos's Space company


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which has been developing this powerful


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rocket since 2013 standing over 320 ft


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tall new Glenn represents a massive Leap


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Forward from Blue origins suborbital new


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Shepard rocket the launch vehicle


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features seven engines in its first


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stage and three in its second stage


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demonstrating impressive technological


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advancement from a company that has


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taken a methodical step-by-step approach


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to Rocket


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development while the orbital insertion


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was successful the mission wasn't


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without its challenges during the


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recovery attempt the first stage booster


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was lost while trying to land on the


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Oceano platform however company


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officials had previously noted that


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booster recovery while desired wasn't


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critical for this inaugural flight


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success this achievement positions blue


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origin as a serious competitor in the


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orbital launch market providing much


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needed competition in a field largely


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dominated by SpaceX the successful


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flight demonstrates that blue origin can


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now offer services for heavy satellite


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launches deep space missions and


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potentially future crude flights named


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after John Glenn the first American to


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orbit Earth the rocket is part of blue


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origin's broader vision of making space


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more accessible and ultimately enabling


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millions of people to live and work in


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space this successful orbital flight


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represents a crucial step toward


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realizing that ambitious goal with both


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new Glenn and their planned projects


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like the blue moon lunar lander and


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orbital Reef space station blue origin


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is rapidly establishing itself as a


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major force in the commercial space


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industry this successful launch opens


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new possibilities for satellite


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deployment space exploration and the


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growing commercial space


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economy meanwhile up on the


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International Space Station NASA


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astronaut Sunni Williams has been


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keeping busy despite an unexpected


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Extended Stay in orbit will Williams who


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arrived at the station aboard Boeing


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Starliner spacecraft several months ago


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completed her eighth career spacewalk


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yesterday demonstrating that even


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unplanned circumstances won't slow down


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the essential work being done in space


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during the 6-hour extra vehicular


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activity Williams worked alongside


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astronaut Nick ha to perform critical


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maintenance on the orbiting


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laboratory their tasks included


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replacing a faulty rate gyro assembly a


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crucial component that helps maintain


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the station's proper orientation in


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space they also installed protective


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patches on damaged light filters for an


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x-ray telescope and upgraded a reflector


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device used for navigation during


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spacecraft docking procedures Williams


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and her crewmate Butch Wilmore have been


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stationed aboard the ISS longer than


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initially planned due to technical


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issues with their Starliner spacecraft


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thrusters NASA made the difficult


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decision to return the spacecraft to


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Earth unmanned leaving the experienced


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astronauts to wait for their next ride


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home the the good news is that both


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Williams and Wilmore are scheduled to


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return to Earth next month traveling


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back with fellow astronaut Nick ha and


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Russian cosmonaut Alexander gorbunov


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fingers are


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crossed this latest spacewalk adds


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another impressive achievement to


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Williams's already distinguished career


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as a veteran of multiple ISS missions


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she continues to demonstrate the


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dedication and flexibility required of


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astronauts especially when faced with


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unexpected challenges in the demanding


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environment of space


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in a major milestone for India's Space


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Program the nation has successfully


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demonstrated its ability to dock two


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satellites in orbit joining an elite


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group of space fairing


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Nations the space docking experiment or


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spadex saw two 485 pound satellites


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successfully rendevu and connect in


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Earth orbit on January 15th making India


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only the fourth country to achieve this


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sophisticated feat after the United


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States Russia and China the mission


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which launched on December 30th aboard


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an Indian pslv rocket utilized two


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spacecraft designated as Target and


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Chaser after several days of careful


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testing and simulation the satellites


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executed a precise choreography first


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maintaining position at 50 ft apart then


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closing to just 10 ft before completing


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the final docking maneuver the Indian


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space research organization confirmed


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that post docking operations are


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proceeding as planned with both


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satellites now functioning as a single


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unit


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this achievement represents more than


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just a technical Milestone it's a


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crucial stepping stone for India's


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ambitious future space plans including


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lunar sample return missions and the


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construction of their own space station


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the baraa anarich station targeted for


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completion by 2035 the ability to dock


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spacecraft in orbit is essential for


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complex missions that require multiple


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launches to achieve their objectives


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while other space agencies like Esa and


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jaxa have demonstrated similar capabil


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ities through their cargo missions to


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the International Space Station


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achieving autonomous docking in open


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orbit puts India in a unique position to


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expand its space capabilities the


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success of Spex paves the way for their


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upcoming chreon 4 Mission a robotic


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lunar sample return Mission planned for


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2028 and establishes India as an


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increasingly prominent player in the


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global space


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arena in other news today the Hubble


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Space Telescope has just completed its


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most ambitious survey yet of our


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Galactic neighbor the Andromeda galaxy


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creating an unprecedented portrait that


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reveals hundreds of millions of stars in


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extraordinary detail this remarkable


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achievement took over a decade to


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complete combining more than 600


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separate observations into a stunning


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Mosaic containing 2.5 billion


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pixels looking at Andromeda through


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Hubble's eyes has given us a unique


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window into not just the Galaxy's


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present but its hidden history as well


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the telescope's sharp Vision has managed


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to resolve over 200 million individual


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Stars each brighter than our sun


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appearing like countless grains of sand


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scattered across Cosmic Shores and


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that's just what we can see astronomers


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estimate andromeda's total Stellar


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population at around 1 trillion Stars


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what makes this survey particularly


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fascinating is how it's reshaping our


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understanding of Galaxy Evolution


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despite forming around the same time as


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our Milky Way Andromeda appears to have


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followed a notably different


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developmental path the new data shows it


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has a higher proportion of younger stars


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and distinctive Stellar streams


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suggesting a more turbulent history of


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Galactic mergers and interactions than


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our own


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Galaxy one potential culprit in


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andromeda's dramatic past might be its


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compact companion Messier 32 which


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appears to be the remnant core of a once


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larger Galaxy that had a close encounter


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with


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Andromeda such Cosmic collisions can


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dramatically affect a Galaxy Star


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formation patterns and overall structure


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leaving lasting fingerprints that


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astronomers can now read in


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unprecedented detail the survey itself


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was a massive undertaking requiring more


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than 1,000 Hubble orbits and combining


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two major observing programs the


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panomatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury and


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its Southern counterpart fast together


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they've given us the most complete view


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ever of This Magnificent spiral galaxy


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which spans roughly 25 times the


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diameter of our Milky Way and lies about


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2 and 1/2 million light years from Earth


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to wrap up today's episode we have some


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sad news from the world of science


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fiction Cinema to share David Lynch the


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Visionary filmmaker who brought Frank


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Herbert's Epic Novel Dune to the big


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screen in 1984 has passed away at the


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age of 78 due to complications from


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empyema while space enthusiasts might


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know him best for his ambitious


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adaptation of Dune Lynch's influence


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extended far beyond science fiction born


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in Missoula Montana Lynch was a true


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Renaissance artist who left an indelible


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mark on Cinema with his unique


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storytelling style his $40 million


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interpretation of Dune while


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controversial showcased his distinctive


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visual flare and helped pave the way for


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future adaptations of this beloved


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science fiction


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classic the film's Bold artistic choices


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and striking imagery though divisive


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demonstrated how science fiction could


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push creative boundaries Lynch's passing


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was announced by his family who shared a


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touching message that captured his


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singular Spirit keep your eye on the


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donut and not on the whole his


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contributions to cinema earned him four


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Oscar nominations and an Academy Award


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for lifetime achievement in 2020


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cementing his legacy as one of the most


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Innovative filmmakers of his generation


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his unique vision and artistic courage


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continue to inspire creators across all


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mediums including those who explore the


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frontiers of space in both fact and


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fiction rip


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and that brings us to the end of today's


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episode of astronomy daily what an


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incredible day of space news we've


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covered from groundbreaking achievements


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in commercial space flight to


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revolutionary astronomical discoveries


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I'm Anna and I've been thrilled to share


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these fascinating stories with you if


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until next time keep looking up and stay


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