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Celebrate the ‘AstrOlympics’ During the Winter Games in Italy

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 Hey, Space Placers! For Release: February 4, 2026 CELEBRATE THE ‘ASTROLYMPICS’ DURING THE WINTER GAMES IN ITALY The ‘AstrOlympics’ project connects the amazing physical feats of the athletes competing in the Olympic Games to the spectacular physical phenomena discovered by NASA and other telescopes in space. By comparing examples of speed, acceleration, time, mass, rotation, density, and more of athletes on the ground to objects in space, viewers of AstrOlympics may find new appreciation and inspiration from both. The AstrOlympics project, which runs for both the Summer and Winter Games, has been celebrating cosmic and athletic triumphs since 2016. It was conceived of and developed by the science center for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, which is operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory on behalf of NASA. “We started the AstrOlympics project to highlight the shared physics behind extraordinary feats—whether they happen on the Olympic stage or across the universe,” ...
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NASA investigating hydrogen leak during Artemis II rehearsal as Virginia team advances crew‑safety work

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 Hey, Space Placers! Artemis II Crew Now Out Of Quarantine NASA Get the full story here. Sky Guy in VA
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NASA Conducts Artemis II Fuel Test, Eyes March for Launch Opportunity

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 Hey, Space Placers! From NASA: NASA concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS (Space Launch System) tanks, sending a team out to the launch pad to closeout Orion, and safely draining the rocket. The wet dress rehearsal was a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket, designed to identify any issues and resolve them before attempting a launch.   Engineers pushed through several challenges during the two-day test and met many of the planned objectives. To allow teams to review data and conduct a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA now will target  March  as the earliest possible launch opportunity for the flight test. ----------- Get the full story here. Sky Guy in VA
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ARTEMIS II WET DRESS REHEARSAL CONTINUES

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 Hey, Space Placers! Get the full story here. Sky Guy in VA
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Eyes to the Skies for February: Rocket launch, winter constellations, eclipse and more

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 Hey, Space Placers!  The Orion Arm or Spur Greg Redfern See what's happening in the sky this month. Sky Guy in SNOWCRETE VA
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NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe

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 Hey, Space Placers! Containing nearly 800,000 galaxies, this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is overlaid with a map of dark matter, represented in blue. Researchers used Webb data to find the invisible substance via its gravitational influence on regular matter. Credit: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. Pagan  Full Image Details This is a fascinating article that showcases the power of Webb. Be sure to scroll through the picture section. Sky Guy in SNOWCRETE VA
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ARTEMIS II UPDATE

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 Hey, Space Placers! The cold weather in Florida has pushed back the wet dress rehearsal date to February 2, 2026.  Read the full update here. You can see the Livestream of the Artemis II stack here. Sky Guy in Still Frigid VA
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