Earth is in the midst of a climate crisis. Thanks to rising CO2 emissions since the early 20th century, global temperatures are rising, triggering a positive feedback cycle that threatens to make it worse. According to recent ...
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2021
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NASA on Thursday awarded three companies hundreds of millions of dollars to develop commercial space stations it hopes will eventually replace the International Space Station, which is due to retire around the end of the ...
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2021
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New Zealand announced Tuesday it was the latest country to sign a space agreement with NASA, just as New Zealand's nascent space industry begins to take off.
Space Exploration
Jun 1, 2021
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An unmanned test mission of Boeing's Starliner space capsule, which is eventually to transport astronauts to the International Space Station, has had to be postponed, NASA said Monday.
Space Exploration
Mar 2, 2021
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Transit-oriented development—which concentrates high-density housing, commercial activities and public spaces around a rapid transit station—can both be a boon and a bane for communities, suggests a new UBC study.
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2021
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Did you know that in microgravity we are preparing one of the most promising fuels for the future?
Materials Science
Jan 15, 2021
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The window opened Friday for Virgin Galactic's first rocket-powered test flight from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico as the company prepares for commercial flights next year, but the exact timing of the launch will ...
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2020
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The window for the final round of testing of Virgin Galactic's rocket-powered spacecraft opens later this week as the company inches toward commercial flights.
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2020
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A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) planetary scientist has been chosen to be among the first group to conduct NASA-funded science experiments while flying aboard a commercial spacecraft, the space agency announced today.
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2020
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The NASA official who managed the inaugural private crewed flight into space last month has been promoted to become the first female head of human spaceflight, the agency said Friday, as it prepares to return people to the ...
Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2020
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