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File - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., with the Dragon capsule.
(photo: NASA / Rick Wetherington, Tim Powers and Tim Terry)
SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
43 minutes ago | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday following a weekend launch. | The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds of equipment and experiments. | Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the station’s big robot arm &...
Identical twin astronauts, Scott and Mark Kelly, are subjects of NASAs Twins Study. Scott (right) spent a year in space while Mark (left) stayed on Earth as a control subject. Researchers looked at the effects of space travel on the human body, January 19, 2015.
(photo: NASA / Robert Markowitz)
Nasa enlists twins to reveal space travel secrets
The Telegraph India
There’s never been a study like it before, and there probably never will be again. Starting in March 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station. A team of scientists tracked his body’s responses to long-term spaceflight in painstaking detail. They simultane...
US space tech ambitions need more than blueprints and footprints
The National
In 1961, US President John F Kennedy set a goal of placing Americans on the moon by the end of the decade. | Eight years later, on July 20, 1969, his ambition was fulfilled. For the next three years, American astronauts made regular, albeit brief, vi...
The Complete Timeline of Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies, From ‘Iron Man’ to ‘Avengers: Endgame’
The Wrap
We get it: the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a ton of lore, and it can be hard to keep track of it all, especially as the movies get increasingly bonkers. But worry not, true believers. We’ve taken the time to lay it all out as clearly as can b...
This startup founded by IIT alumni wants to become the ‘Jio’ of satellite communication
Yahoo Daily News
Between now and 2027, the world will launch about 7,000 small satellites – that’s six times as many as we launched in the past decade. Small satellites are in fashion, so to speak, mainly because they are cheaper and faster to launch than their l...
Ahead of City Dock meeting, Buckley announces speaker series to launch with former Charleston mayor
Capital Gazette
As nearly 200 residents gathered to discuss the future of City Dock, Mayor Gavin Buckley announced a speaker series, kicked off by a talk from former Charleston, South Carolina, Mayor Joe Riley. | Riley, one of the longest-serving living mayors in th...
SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch
Rio Rancho Observer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday with a “cosmic catch” by a pair of Canadians. | The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of equipment and experiments. ...
SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch
Albuquerque Journal
................................................................ | “Welcome on board, Dragon,” Saint-Jacques radioed. He congratulated ground teams for their help, in both English and French. | Saint-Jacques later told Canadian schoolchil...
Space
Identical twin astronauts, Scott and Mark Kelly, are subjects of NASAs Twins Study. Scott (right) spent a year in space while Mark (left) stayed on Earth as a control subject. Researchers looked at the effects of space travel on the human body, January 19, 2015.
(photo: NASA / Robert Markowitz)
Nasa enlists twins to reveal space travel secrets
The Telegraph India
There’s never been a study like it before, and there probably never will be again. Starting in March 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station. A team of scientists tracked his body’s responses to long-term spaceflight in painstaking detail. They simultaneously tracked his identical twin brother, Mark, on...
Science
File - The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., with the Dragon capsule.
(photo: NASA / Rick Wetherington, Tim Powers and Tim Terry)
SpaceX shipment reaches space station after weekend launch
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
43 minutes ago | CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Monday following a weekend launch. | The Dragon capsule delivered 5,500 pounds of equipment and experiments. | Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques used the station’s big robot arm — also made in Canada — to capture the ...



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