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NASA invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists in Fairbanks — May 09, 2026
NASA invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, Aug. Plus space weather and tonight's sky.
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Caalarogashark Media. Welcome to Space News and Weather Today. NASA
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invites media to view a research aircraft and interview scientists
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in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Thursday, Agener twenty two, prior to
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flights of the agency's Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, which seeks
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a better understanding of the sensitivity of northern ecosystems and
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communities to climate change. Media also will have the opportunity
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to tour NASA's C twenty A. A something to ponder.
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The Milky Way Galaxy is on a collision course with
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the Andromeda Galaxy. They'll merge in about four point five
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billion years. The brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west
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after sunset for early risers. Saturn climbs the eastern sky
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the pre dawn hours. Our tourist blazes overhead tonight, an
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orange giant star about twenty five times larger than our sun.
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It's the bottom point of the kite shaped boots. Constellation
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SpaceX has a Falcon nine on the pad at Vandenberg
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Space Force Base, California, set to fly in the next
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couple of days. The booster will attempt to land back
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at Vandenburg. Quicksolar update. The sun is quite active, with
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numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of
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northern lights tonight. For those in northern latitudes. Look north
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after dark if skies are clear. The fading crescent moon
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won't appear until early morning, giving you dark skies all
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night long. Today's report was compiled by AI from NASA
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Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you tomorrow.
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