Sierra Nevada Corporation's winged Dream Chaser engineering test article is moving forward with a series of ground tests at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California that will soon lead to dramatic aerial flight ...
Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2013
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The crew of the International Space Station on Sunday was inspecting an attached Russian space capsule that may have been damaged by a micrometeorite, while ground controllers considered whether to send up a replacement spaceship ...
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2022
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The H.L. Hunley, the first combat submarine to sink an enemy ship, also instantly killed its own eight-man crew with the powerful explosive torpedo it carried, according to new research from a Duke University Ph.D. in biomedical ...
Archaeology
Aug 23, 2017
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Russia said Tuesday that astronauts had found an air leak in its section of the International Space Station, with a senior space official calling the air loss beyond expected levels.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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NASA is inviting the public to view a test version of the agency's next spacecraft that will carry humans into deep space.
Space Exploration
Jun 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Look out below! That's the warning a University of Alberta geophysics researcher has for hydrocarbon and water drillers after discovering uncharted land forms beneath the surface of the province. Deep valleys, ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2009
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In a significant step towards restoring America's indigenous human spaceflight capability and fostering the new era of commercial space fight, NASA has awarded a slew of additional astronaut taxi flights from Boeing and SpaceX ...
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2017
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NOAA and partners today announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship, called Industry, found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig opens a window ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2022
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Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a "supersonic ballet."
Space Exploration
May 3, 2022
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The restoration of America's ability to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from American soil in 2017 took a major step forward when NASA ordered the first ever commercial human spaceflight ...
Space Exploration
May 29, 2015
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