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Podcast: Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates
Episode: S03E61: Earthcare's Liftoff & Vulcan's Vanishing Act: ESA's Mission and Star Trek's Planetary Myth
Description: Embark on a celestial journey with today's episode of Astronomy Daily - The Podcast, where your host, Anna, guides you through the latest cosmic updates. We'll kick off with the successful launch of ESA's Earthcare mission aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, followed by the reentry of Russia's Progress 86 cargo spacecraft. Next, we'll delve into the debunking of a planet thought to exist in the Star Trek universe, explore whether the Milky Way orbits anything, discuss NASA's OSIRIS Apex mission as it bravely passed close to the sun, and look at the recent test success of the Vega C rocket's engine as...