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  2. Looming and similar refraction phenomena - Wikipedia

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    The distant boats appear to be floating in the sky as a result of looming and other refraction phenomena. While mirages are the best known atmospheric refraction phenomena, looming and similar refraction phenomena do not produce mirages. Mirages show an extra image or images of the miraged object, while looming, towering, stooping, and sinking ...

  3. Fata Morgana (mirage) - Wikipedia

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    The mirage consists of multiple upright and inverted images over the original object. A Fata Morgana of a container ship seen off the coast of Oceanside, California A Fata Morgana changing the shape of a distant boat. A Fata Morgana (Italian: [ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna]) is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the ...

  4. List of heaviest spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    Ship 28 and Ship 29 flew long Suborbital flights, however both demonstrated that Starship can reach LEO. Ship 33 flew with 10 Starlink simulator satellites weighing 20 tons. Suborbital: In development 2020–2024 Space Shuttle orbiter: 122,683 kg (270,470 lb) Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-117, the heaviest flight of the Space Shuttle. LEO ...

  5. NASA spots a massive 'Christmas tree' floating in space - AOL

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    Christmas is less than a week away, and even the night sky is spreading some holiday cheer with what could be the largest Christmas tree in the universe. On Tuesday, NASA released an image of NGC ...

  6. What happens if an astronaut floats off into space? - AOL

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    It’s one of NASA's most iconic images. Bruce McCandless II free-floating in space more than 320 feet away from the Challenger space shuttle. ... Here's whats happening in space this year: Show ...

  7. Lost in Space: astronauts drop tool bag into orbit that you ...

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    Under clear, dark skies the bag can be seen floating ahead of the International Space Station, which is the third brightest object in the night sky and looks like a fast-moving plane, according to ...

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  9. O'Neill cylinder - Wikipedia

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    An O'Neill cylinder (also called an O'Neill colony, or Island Three) is a space settlement concept proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. [1] O'Neill proposed the colonization of space for the 21st century, using materials extracted from the Moon and later from asteroids. [2]