Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a ...
Dec 15, 2022
Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russian ISS spacewalk
(Reuters) - A planned routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off on Wednesday after flight controllers noticed a stream of particles spewing from...
Dec 14, 2022
NASA to conduct first global water survey from space
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a compreh...
Dec 13, 2022
U.S. scientists set to reveal step advancing fusion energy quest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists on Tuesday will reveal a scientific advance on fusion energy which, if it can make the leap from labs to commercial generation of electricity, could help the fig...
Dec 13, 2022
Explainer-Could fusion energy help fight climate change?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists are set to announce a breakthrough on fusion energy on Tuesday, potentially a step toward one day harnessing the process that fires the sun to generate carbon-fr...
Dec 13, 2022
U.S. to announce scientific breakthrough on fusion energy -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy will announce on Tuesday that scientists at a national lab have made a breakthrough on fusion energy, the process that powers the sun and stars tha...
Dec 12, 2022
Robots set their sights on a new job: sewing blue jeans
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - Will a robot ever make your blue jeans? There is a quiet effort underway to find out - involving clothing and technology companies, including Germany's Siemens AG and Lev...
Dec 12, 2022
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
