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10:15pm, 3rd April, 2019

SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars

After weeks of preparation, the prototype test vehicle for SpaceX’s monster spaceship, known as Starhopper, fired up its methane-powered Raptor rocket engine for the first time today and lifted ever so slightly off its Texas launch pad. “Starhopper c...

NASA takes an infrared analysis of Tropical Cyclone Oma

1:54pm, 21st February, 2019

Tech

NASA takes an infrared analysis of Tropical Cyclone Oma

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) An infrared look by NASA's Aqua satellite revealed where the strongest storms were located within the Southern Pacific Ocean's Tropical Cyclone Oma.

5:58pm, 18th October, 2018

Space

12 years after her trip to space, Anousheh Ansari takes over as the CEO of XPRIZE

Anousheh Ansari, the newly named CEO of XPRIZE, comes on stage with co-founder Peter Diamandis at an XPRIZE Visioneering Summit in Los Angeles. (XPRIZE via Twitter) In 2004, Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari helped fund the . In 2006, she...

1:41pm, 21st September, 2018

Space

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft drops off rovers at an asteroid and takes a shadowy selfie

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe takes a picture of the asteroid Ryugu from a distance of about 135 meters (440 feet) with its own shadow seen on the surface. (JAXA Photo) Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe began the climactic phase of its mission overnight by sending...

5:43pm, 9th July, 2018

Space

Russian cargo ship takes the express route for same-day delivery to space station

News Brief: A robotic Russian Progress cargo craft today was that should get it to the International Space Station in less time than it takes to drive from Seattle to Spokane. Liftoff of the Progress’ Soyuz rocket from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

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SpaceX’s Starhopper takes its first rocket hop, marking another step toward Mars

NASA takes an infrared analysis of Tropical Cyclone Oma

12 years after her trip to space, Anousheh Ansari takes over as the CEO of XPRIZE

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft drops off rovers at an asteroid and takes a shadowy selfie

Russian cargo ship takes the express route for same-day delivery to space station

Don't Believe the Hype: The Pumice Raft Won't Save the Great Barrier Reef

"Particle" Robots Work Together to Perform Tasks

To Justify Using Weed, Some Pregnant Women Cling to an Old and Dubious Study

NASA checks SpaceX’s potential Starship landing sites on Mars, with water in mind

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