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Leaky component led to SpaceX explosion

A leaky component may have been to blame for the dramatic explosion of a SpaceX capsule during testing in April.

Nasa: Doug Loverro steps down days before crewed launch

Doug Loverro steps down the week before the US's first crewed launch in almost a decade.

ESA’s oldest Earth-observer images Delhi airport

3 years ago from European Space Agency

Image: ESA’s oldest Earth-observer images Delhi airport

NASA exec resigns days before 1st astronaut launch in years

3 years ago from Physorg

NASA's chief of human exploration has resigned just days before the first astronaut launch in nearly a decade from Kennedy Space Center.

Astronauts head to Florida for historic launch to space station

3 years ago from UPI

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday to prepare for the historic return of crewed launches from U.S....

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf unhappy with Ben Roethlisberger's barber trip

3 years ago from UPI

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf criticized Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's decision to visit a barbershop following a workout with his teammates.

Early visual experience drives precise alignment of cortical networks for binocular vision

3 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers identify three distinct cortical representations that develop independent of visual experience but undergo experience-dependent reshaping, an essential part of cortical network alignment and maturation.

Fisher Sand & Gravel awarded $1.28B for border wall construction

3 years ago from UPI

A North Dakota construction company that drew scrutiny for a previous contract won a $1.28 billion border wall construction contract earlier in May.

Buccaneers QB Tom Brady holds informal throwing session with teammates

3 years ago from UPI

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady held a private throwing session with teammates Tuesday morning.

Watch 'Station Eleven' author Emily St. John Mandel at the L.A. Times Book Club

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

Emily St. John Mandel, author of the pandemic bestseller "Station Eleven," discusses her novels with the L.A. Times Book Club.

Tracking air quality in the Arctic atmosphere

3 years ago from C&EN

University of Michigan chemist Kerri Pratt and her team study climate-critical reactions with mass spectrometry

NASA's Curiosity rover finds clues to chilly ancient Mars buried in rocks

3 years ago from Science Daily

By studying the chemical elements on Mars today -- including carbon and oxygen -- scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once had the...

NASA human spaceflight chief resigns ahead of launch

3 years ago from Reuters:Science

NASA's human spaceflight chief Doug Loverro resigned on Tuesday, according to an internal memo seen by agency employees, capping his brief role at the agency overseeing future astronaut launches and...

UAE to launch first Arab probe to Mars

3 years ago from Physorg

After sending its first astronaut to space last year, the United Arab Emirates is to launch a probe to Mars in July, state news agency WAM announced Tuesday.

Look: Alligator ejected from Louisiana family's patio

3 years ago from UPI

A Louisiana police officer was called to a home to eject an unwanted visitor -- an alligator lurking on the home's patio.

Watch: Idaho man sets new speed juggling record on balance board

3 years ago from UPI

An Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record for speed juggling when he managed 485 catches in one minute while standing on a balance board.

The food and water systems astronauts will need to travel to places like Mars

3 years ago from Science Blog

by Jonathan O’Callaghan If humans are to travel to distant destinations in space like the moon or Mars, they’ll need ways to live for long periods of time. And one of...

Galactic cosmic rays now available for study on Earth, thanks to NASA

3 years ago from Physorg

To better understand and mitigate the health risks faced by astronauts from exposure to space radiation, we ideally need to be able to test the effects of Galactic Cosmic Rays...

'Wasp Network,' starring Penelope Cruz, to premiere June 19 on Netflix

3 years ago from UPI

"Wasp Network," a film about the Cuban Five written and directed by Olivier Assayas, is coming to Netflix in June.

NASA simulates realistic galactic cosmic rays to study effects on astronaut health

3 years ago from UPI

Galactic cosmic rays are everywhere, but they're also elusive. They're hard to block and come in a variety of forms, making them quite difficult to study.

Nick Jonas, Laurence Fishburne to star in action film 'The Blacksmith'

3 years ago from UPI

Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne have signed on to star in an upcoming action thriller, titled "The Blacksmith."

Space exploration's next frontier: Remote-controlled robonauts

3 years ago from Physorg

As Japan's second female astronaut to fly up in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Naoko Yamazaki didn't expect to spend a quarter of her time dusting, feeding mice and doing other...

The food and water systems astronauts will need to travel to places like Mars

3 years ago from Physorg

If humans are to travel to distant destinations in space like the moon or Mars, they'll need ways to live for long periods of time. And one of the key...

COVID-19 is eroding scientific field work – and our knowledge of how the world is changing

3 years ago from Physorg

For the first time in 50 years, ornithologists at the Manomet nature observatory in Plymouth, Massachusetts are not opening their mist nets every weekday at dawn to catch, measure and...

US seeks to change the rules for mining the moon

3 years ago from Physorg

Private industries have helped drop the cost of launching rockets, satellites and other equipment into space to historic lows. That has boosted interest in developing space—both for mining raw materials...

Statistical analysis reveals odds of life evolving on alien worlds

3 years ago from UPI

Scientists have used a statistical method known as Bayesian inference to determine the odds of complex extraterrestrial life evolving on alien planets.

'Ozark' star Julia Garner on the scene she worried about while winning an Emmy

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

'Ozark' star and Emmy winner Julia Garner joins 'Can't Stop Watching' to chat about the Netflix series and how her character would face the coronavirus.

A vacuum ultraviolet photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer to analyze gas-phase radical reaction

3 years ago from Physorg

The research group led by Prof. Zhang Weijun at Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics under Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has made new progress on the vacuum ultraviolet...