Rocket Lab’s secretive launch last month was a hypersonic test for the US military (photos)
Rocket Lab’s pioneering suborbital launch last month conducted hypersonic tests for the U.S. military, the company has revealed. …
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SpaceX rocket launch tops the Christmas tree at Vandenberg Space Force Base (photo)
Read more: SpaceX rocket launch tops the Christmas tree at Vandenberg Space Force Base (photo)A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminated the Christmas tree during the holiday lighting ceremony that coincided with a Starlink satellite launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 4. …
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How the ‘Great Filter’ could explain why we haven’t found intelligent aliens
Read more: How the ‘Great Filter’ could explain why we haven’t found intelligent aliensOne possible reason why we haven’t found any intelligent life in the cosmos the Great Filter argument, which says that very few civilizations make it to the advanced spacefaring stage. …
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100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to ‘small men’ on the internet: ‘I should have expected this.’
Read more: 100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to ‘small men’ on the internet: ‘I should have expected this.’The astronaut and MIT engineer’s monumental milestone was marred by misogyny: “Instead of being on cloud nine, I’m crying in my seat.” …
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SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy booster for 7th Starship launch (video, photos)
Read more: SpaceX test-fires Super Heavy booster for 7th Starship launch (video, photos)SpaceX just test-fired the Super Heavy first stage of its seventh Starship megarocket, which is being prepped for a launch in the coming weeks. …
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Predicting future floods: New AI tool gives realistic satellite-like views
Read more: Predicting future floods: New AI tool gives realistic satellite-like viewsMIT scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that creates realistic satellite images of potential flooding scenarios. …
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (video)
Read more: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (video)SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast early Sunday morning (Dec. 8). …
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The yearning for Uranus: A far-out world with a tale to tell
Read more: The yearning for Uranus: A far-out world with a tale to tellA proposed mission known as Uranus Orbiter and Probe would conduct a multiyear orbital tour to yield knowledge of ice giants in general and the Uranus system in particular. …
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Mars rover Perseverance sends home postcard from scenic ‘Pico Turquino’ (photo)
Read more: Mars rover Perseverance sends home postcard from scenic ‘Pico Turquino’ (photo)After an arduous ascent to the rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover is doing a little sightseeing.
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Iran launches military satellite, sending nation’s largest-ever payload to orbit: reports
Read more: Iran launches military satellite, sending nation’s largest-ever payload to orbit: reportsIranian state media claimed one of the country’s Simorgh rockets launched its largest payload yet, sending three spacecraft into low-Earth orbit on Dec. 6. …
