After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the moon, and—if all goes well—to Mars.
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2024
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A U.S. billionaire who made a fortune in tech and fighter jets is buying an entire SpaceX flight and plans to take three "everyday" people with him to circle the globe this year.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2021
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The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX's newly launched crew said Thursday that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than NASA's shuttles or Russian flights.
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2020
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Europe sweltered Saturday on the sixth day of a widespread, deadly heatwave that has fuelled record-breaking temperatures, huge blazes and pollution peaks.
Environment
Jun 29, 2019
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Boeing executives apologized Monday to airlines and families of victims of 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, as the U.S. plane maker struggles to regain the trust of regulators, pilots and the global traveling public.
Business
Jun 17, 2019
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Fifty years ago at the Paris air show, France's transport minister and Germany's economy minister signed an agreement that would change aviation history.
Business
May 29, 2019
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Artificial intelligence has defeated chess grandmasters, Go champions, professional poker players, and, now, world-class human experts in the online strategy games Dota 2 and StarCraft II. No AI currently exists, however, ...
Machine learning & AI
May 9, 2019
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Women militia fighters make a positive choice to join combat units and are motivated by similar factors to male fighters, according to a new study by Dr. Jennifer Philippa Eggert of the University of Warwick's Department ...
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2018
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Over the long-run, the race will indeed go to the slower, steadier animal.
Evolution
Aug 27, 2018
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America's first black astronaut, Air Force Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr., finally got full honors Friday on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2017
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