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CT Filmmaker Will Fly To Space As Crew Member Of First Civilian Mission To Moon CT Filmmaker Will Fly To Space As Crew Member Of First Civilian Mission To Moon
CT Filmmaker Will Fly To Space As Crew Member Of First Civilian Mission To Moon A filmmaker from Marlborough will be part of the first-ever civilian mission to orbit the moon.  Brendan Hall, a documentary filmmaker, was selected out of over one million artists and creatives to be a crew member of the "dearMoon" mission, which will make a month-long journey to the moon and back using a SpaceX rocket later in 2023. The idea for the project came from Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who purchased the seats aboard the rocket for eight other crew members.  Hall's films have focused on telling stories in remote parts of the world such as Siberia and the Amazon rainfor…

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by Ben Crnic
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Bright Light Observed By Skywatchers Up, Down East Coast Turns Out To Be SpaceX Bright Light Observed By Skywatchers Up, Down East Coast Turns Out To Be SpaceX
Bright Light Observed By Skywatchers Up, Down East Coast Turns Out To Be SpaceX What some first thought was a meteor making its way up the East Coast turned out to be Elon Musk's SpaceX. The Falcon 9 rocket sent Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just after 7:30 p.m., according to a news release. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/xmjw89AMK6 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 24, 2022 Footage of the rocket was captured about 30 minutes later in Washington DC, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The @SpaceX Starlink launch was just amazingly bright from cen…

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by David Cifarelli & Cecilia Levine