Video Space-flight researchers are ready to test a prototype drag sail that could one day be used to prevent spacecraft turning into hazardous junk stuck for years in Earth's orbit.
Here's the gist: academics at Purdue University in the US have built a device they called Spinnaker3 that will be attached to a rocket developed by startup Firefly Aerospace and launched into space this week.
Tour Russia's new Nauka space station module with these astronaut home movies | Space
Home movies from a Russian cosmonaut on the International Space Station have revealed the first glimpses inside the orbiting laboratory's newest expansion: a science lab called Nauka.
Nauka , also known as the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, launched to the station in late July after years of delay and a dramatic arrival on July 29 .
Hong Kong students have out-of-this-world conversation with Chinese astronauts orbiting in space
NASA Coverage of Rescheduled Spacewalk Preparing for New Solar Array | NASA
In Memoriam | Princeton Alumni Weekly
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
How is the distance between the Earth and the sun measured? | WGN-TV
Dear Tom:
Astronomer Dan Joyce tells us, “Nowadays, it’s rather simple: Just bounce radar off it (the sun).” The original determination by researchers in the late 1700s was a value of 87.5 million miles.
CHICAGO — A 4-year-old boy was shot by a stray bullet in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood Friday night, according to Chicago fire officials.
Elon Musk's 'Full-Time Job' Tweet Was Funny, But It Revealed a Brutal Truth Most
Our story begins with something Musk tweeted in response to a journalist's report on the legal battle between SpaceX and Amazon over efforts to build and launch satellites providing broadband Internet connectivity.
All of which brings us to the three most recent FCC filings in this ongoing battle, which in turn prompted Musk's tweet:
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