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U.S. FDA authorizes virtual reality system for reducing back pain
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a virtual reality (VR) system from Applied VR for reducing lower back pain after a majority of patients in a trial testing the d...
Nov 16, 2021
What is space debris and how dangerous is it?
(Refiles, correcting typos in paragraphs 1, 9, 12) By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Russia's test on Monday to blow up one of its own satellites in space has drawn criticism for endangering...
Nov 16, 2021
Russia dismisses U.S. criticism of anti-satellite weapons test
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had successfully conducted a weapons test targeting an old Russian satellite and denied allegations by the United States, Britain and NATO that the test ha...
Nov 16, 2021
Tropical worm disease drug for pre-schoolers shown to work in Africa trial
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - An adjusted version of established drug against schistosomiasis, a tropical parasitic worm disease, has been shown to work in pre-school children, likely offering a cure for mill...
Nov 16, 2021
U.S. FAA aims to complete SpaceX Starship review by Dec 31
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it has a target date of Dec. 31 to conclude the environmental assessment process of the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy envir...
Nov 15, 2021
Vaccines not linked to menstrual changes; COVID, flu shots can go together
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. military reports ‘debris-generating event’ in outer space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday that it was aware of a "debris-generating" event in outer space and one official said it appeared that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite ...
Nov 15, 2021
U.S. watchdog forecasts NASA will not launch human moon mission in 2025
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A watchdog report on Monday said NASA is not expected to be able to launch a crewed Moon landing mission in 2025 and raised questions about the project's costs. Last week, NASA ...
Nov 15, 2021
SpaceX capsule carrying 4 astronauts docks with International Space Station
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Four astronauts, three from NASA and one from the European Space Agency, arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday and docked their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ...
Nov 11, 2021
U.S. VP Harris announces expanded cooperation on space issues after meeting Macron
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced an expanded cooperation on space and cybersecurity issues after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. Harris and Macron agreed to est...
Nov 10, 2021
