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No plan to shoot down Chinese rocket -Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday there was no plan at this point to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmo...
May 06, 2021
Pint-sized Mongolian menace shows dinosaurs loved the nightlife, too
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Under the cover of darkness in desert habitats about 70 million years ago, in what is today Mongolia and northern China, a gangly looking dinosaur employed excellent night v...
May 06, 2021
Virgin Orbit among new operators for Brazil’s Alcântara spaceport
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson's modified Boeing 747 may soon be taking off from Brazil's northern coast to launch rockets into orbit as the South American country seeks a piece of t...
May 06, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech to provide COVID-19 vaccine to Olympic athletes
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Thursday they would donate doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to help vaccinate athletes and their delegations participating in the Tokyo...
May 06, 2021
SpaceX Starship rocket prototype achieves first safe landing
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - SpaceX achieved the first successful touchdown of its prototype Starship rocket during the latest test flight of the next-generation launch vehicle in south Texas on Wednes...
May 05, 2021
U.S. Space Command tracks Chinese rocket for uncontrolled re-entry from orbit
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Remnants of a large Chinese rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere this weekend in an uncontrolled re-entry being tracked ...
May 05, 2021
U.S. tracking China rocket debris: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Command is tracking debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week, the White House said on Wednesday. "The United St...
May 05, 2021
Debris from China space rocket likely to fall in international waters – Global Times
(Reuters) - Debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week is likely to fall in international waters, China's Global Times reported on Wednesday, amid conc...
May 05, 2021
Sperm not impacted by Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine; neuropsychiatric symptoms persist in COVID-19 survivors
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
May 05, 2021
Child’s burial 78,000 years ago in Kenya was a Homo sapiens milestone
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - It is a scene that exudes sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered overhang of a cave, head resting on a pillow and the up...
May 05, 2021
