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JUPITER'S SHIFTING ORBIT WILL MAKE EARTH PARADISE (OR HELL).

• Authors : Newcomb, Tim

Subjects: *ORBITS (Astronomy); *EARTH'S orbit; *GEODESY

• Source: Popular Mechanics. Jan/Feb2023, p19-20. 2p.

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Iodine-Powered Satellites Could Save Low-Earth Orbit.

• Authors : LEMAN, JENNIFER

Subjects: TELECOMMUNICATION satellites; EARTH'S orbit; NOBLE gases

• Source: Popular Mechanics; Mar/Apr2022, p42-44, 2p, 1 Color Photograph

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EVERY. SINGLE. MOON. RANKED.

• Authors : LEMAN, JENNIFER

Subjects: TITAN (Satellite); LUNAR craters; NATURAL satellites

• Source: Popular Mechanics; May/Jun2024, p24-36, 13p, 6 Color Photographs, 4 Black and White Photographs, 1 Chart

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Can Magnets and a Giant Claw Save Us From Space Junk?

• Authors : LEMAN, JENNIFER

Subjects: SPACE debris; CLAWS; MAGNETS

• Source: Popular Mechanics; Mar/Apr2021, p28-30, 2p, 2 Color Photographs

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Houston, We Have a Space-Junk Problem.

• Authors : Leman, Jennifer

Subjects: EARTH'S orbit; SCRAP metals; SPACE industrializationHOUSTON (Tex.)

• Source: Popular Mechanics; Jul/Aug2022, p10-10, 1/6p, 1 Color Photograph

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The battle for orbit: American rocketeers are attempting to reclaim a share of the lucrative satellite launch market from foreign firms. To win, they're rewriting the rules and, in the process, ushering in a new era of the space industry.

• Authors : Pappalardo, Joe

• Source: Popular Mechanics. March 1, 2013, Vol. 190 Issue 3, p66, 8 p.

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The Truth About the Black Knight Conspiracy Theory.

• Authors : DELBERT, CAROLINE; LINDER, COURTNEY

Subjects: CONSPIRACY theories; RADIO engineering; UNIDENTIFIED flying objects

• Source: Popular Mechanics; May/Jun2021, p30-32, 2p, 1 Color Photograph

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Stratolaunch: the world's biggest airplane will have a simple job: take a two-stage rocket to 30,000 feet, drop it, and bet the hell out of the way as it blasts into orbit.

• Authors : Belfidre, Michael

• Source: Popular Mechanics. April 1, 2012, Vol. 189 Issue 4, p62, 8 p.

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America 2025: how we'll live in snap-together houses, play soccer with robots, drive cars with four motors and vacation in orbit--all in the custom-designed, easy-to-repair world of tomorrow.

• Source: Popular Mechanics. May, 2005, Vol. 182 Issue 5, p74, 21 p.

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The Math That Helps the James Webb Space Telescope Sit Steady in Space.

• Authors : WAGH, MANASEE

Subjects: JAMES Webb Space Telescope (Spacecraft); SPACE telescopes; NEWTON'S laws of motion

• Source: Popular Mechanics; May/Jun2022, p18-20, 2p, 2 Diagrams

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