Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
NASA’s Orion capsule heads for splashdown after Artemis I flight around moon
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon and back, winding up the inaugural mis...
Dec 11, 2022
Japan’s ispace readies for delayed launch of first commercial moon lander
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese space startup is hoping third time is the charm on Sunday in its aim to launch the nation's, and a private company's, first ever spacecraft to the moon. isp...
Dec 10, 2022
How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hiding in cliffs
By Daisy Chung, Gloria Dickie and Simon Scarr (Reuters) - Ben Nyberg stood on a knife-edge ridge along Hawaii's Na Pali Coast, his eyes scouring the leafy recesses of the neighboring red-rock ridges. ...
Dec 10, 2022
Exclusive-Biden administration drafting executive order to simplify space rules -sources
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is drafting an executive order intended to streamline approval for private rocket launches amid a broader effort to br...
Dec 09, 2022
Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star T.O.P., DJ Steve Aoki for join SpaceX moon trip
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star T.O.P. and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next y...
Dec 08, 2022
Study shows dinosaurs were ‘struck down in their prime’ by asteroid
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The age of dinosaurs ended in cataclysm one spring day 66 million years ago when an asteroid 7.5 miles (12 km) wide hit Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, triggering the...
Dec 08, 2022
Oldest DNA on record – 2 million years – reveals Greenland’s lost world
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified DNA from animals, plants and microbes dating to about 2 million years ago - the oldest on record by far - from sediment at Greenland's ...
Dec 07, 2022
Bezos’ space company teams with Lockheed, Boeing for NASA moon lander pitch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company is partnering with Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to pitch a lunar lander to NASA, the companies announced on Tuesday, making a renewed bid to land...
Dec 06, 2022
Sony technologically ready to make humanoid robots once usage becomes clear
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Group Corp said on Tuesday it was technologically ready to make humanoid robots, but that it should be identified first for what purpose such robots can be useful. "In terms of ...
Dec 06, 2022
NASA’s Orion capsule makes its closest approach to moon
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The uncrewed Orion capsule of NASA's Artemis I mission sailed within 80 miles (130 km) of the lunar surface on Monday, achieving the closest approach to the moon for a spac...
Dec 05, 2022
