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Moon ‘wobble,’ climate change seen as driving coastal flooding in 2030s
By Dan Fastenberg (Reuters) - U.S. coastlines will face increasing flooding in the mid-2030s thanks to a regular lunar cycle that will magnify rising sea levels caused by climate change, according to ...
Jul 16, 2021
Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after inaugural flight
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese spacecraft capable of flying to the edge of the atmosphere took off and returned to Earth on the same day in what China said was a big step towards developing reusable sp...
Jul 16, 2021
Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight
By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up $28 million in an auction to take part in...
Jul 15, 2021
Bolivian parents go back to class to help their kids study online
EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) - When the outbreak of COVID-19 shut their sons' school, Bolivian street vendors Angela Poma and Lorenzo Gutierrez made big changes to help their boys Willy, 9, and Carlos, ...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. warns SpaceX its new Texas launch site tower not yet approved
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned Elon Musk's space company SpaceX that its environmental review of a new tower at its Boca Chica laun...
Jul 14, 2021
Bezos’ Blue Origin to make history with unpiloted civilian space flight
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos may have been beaten to space by rival Richard Branson, but the billionaire American businessman is poised to make history next week aboard what would...
Jul 14, 2021
Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report
By Stephen Eisenhammer and Oliver Griffin SAO PAULO/BOGOTA (Reuters) - More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 3...
Jul 14, 2021
U.S. approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight
By Eric M. Johnson and David Shepardson SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard laun...
Jul 12, 2021
Israeli lunar landing venture says it secures $70 million for 2024 launch
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli space group is on course to make its second attempt at an unmanned lunar landing in 2024 after securing $70 million in private funding for the mission...
Jul 11, 2021
Virgin Galactic’s Branson ready for space launch aboard rocket plane
By Steve Gorman LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Reuters) - British billionaire Richard Branson was due on Sunday to climb into his Virgin Galactic passenger rocket plane and soar more than 50 miles above the New Me...
Jul 11, 2021
