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This episode covers the latest space news including NASA's Mars slingshot, SpaceX's Dragon launch, and the mapping of the cosmic web by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Sponsor Link: To get the deatils of our money saving NordVPN deal - Click Here It's the Astronomy Daily Weekend Space and Astronomy News Wrap — your Saturday deep dive into the biggest stories from across the week, plus two brand-new headlines and a bonus story we just couldn't leave out. This week on Astronomy Daily: • NASA's Psyche spacecraft executed its Mars gravity assist flyby yesterday — slingshotting past the Red Planet at 12,000 mph on its way to a $10 quadrillion metal-rich asteroid • SpaceX launched the record-breaking CRS-34 Dragon mission to the ISS Friday night — with docking happening TODAY (Sunday May 17) • James Webb Space Telescope maps the cosmic web in unprecedented detail — 164,000 galaxies, 13.7 billion years of history • Hubble reveals 'Dracula's Chivito' — the largest, most chaotic planet nursery ever seen, 1,000 light-years from Earth • Starship Version 3 is on the pad — debut launch targeting Tuesday May 19 from the new Launch Pad 2 at Starbase • Comet R3 PanSTARRS is in Southern Hemisphere skies NOW — and tonight is New Moon. Your last chance for 170,000 years • WEEKEND BONUS: NASA's Curiosity rover drilled into a rock on Mars — and the rock wouldn't…

People in this episode

Hosts: Anna, Avery

Topics covered

• Mars gravity assist
• SpaceX Dragon launch
• James Webb cosmic web
• Hubble planet nursery
• Starship launch
• Comet R3 PanSTARRS
• Curiosity rover

Keywords

• Mars
• SpaceX
• James Webb
• Hubble
• Starship
• Curiosity rover
• Psyche spacecraft
• Dragon mission
• Comet R3 PanSTARRS

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, ISS, James Webb Space Telescope, Bitesz.com

Products: Psyche spacecraft, Curiosity rover

Places: Mars, Red Planet, Earth, Southern Hemisphere

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