SpaceX releases its 15th mission of the year
Maintaining a brisk flight rate three days after its last launch, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 booster powered by a recycled first phase into orbit Wednesday evening from Florida with an Airbus-built communications satellite for SES and EchoStar. The effective launch put the 5.7-ton (5.2-metric ton) satellite in a “supersynchronous” orbit …
One male in a laboratory stands no opportunity versus today’s ‘huge science’ jobs moneyed by federal governments, corporations and the military– however the quest for understanding need to not be a mission for dominance … See all stories on this subject
With asteroid 2012 TC4 ready to pass in between Earth and the moon, NASA is preparing for its much-anticipated live test of its caution system. Back in July, the approaching rock caused a quick flurry of speculation that an impact was imminent, before the European Space Company issued a “cool down” statement. With error bars still in the asteroid …
Is this really happening?’When the call initially came, Cristina Jiménez Moreta didn’t get. She was working from her apartment or condo in Queens, another busy day in a busy month, and didn’t acknowledge the number. However then came a text message from a representative of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She took notification: As the co-founder and executive director of …
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