Weekly space news - 18/Sep/22
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Blue Origin’s New Shepherd vehicle fails
Blue Origin’s crewless New Shepherd vehicle (rocket) fails due to an issue with the first stage booster. This happened about a minute into the flight.
CHEOPS space telescope completes 1000 days in space without any wearing
The European space telescope CHEOPS completed 1000 days in space this week. The telescope still shows no signs of wear and tear. This means it can continue to reveal details of exoplanets.
ISS tests agriculture in space
NASA Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren harvested vegetables in the International space station on Friday this week. This research could make crewed missions not so close to the earth possible.
Celestial diamond found on earth
Scientists found a diamond from outer space near northwest Africa, which they believe came from a meteorite. The diamond, called Lonsdaleite is harder and stronger than any other diamond found on earth.
Perseverance Rover finds hints of past life on Mars.
The Perseverance Rover is back again with a new discovery. It has found high concentrations of organic matter near a site that scientists believe was a lake. In other words, scientists at NASA have found traces of past life from a place where there were conditions where life could have arisen.
