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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
Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, is poised to open up ticket sales on Wednesday for suborbital sightseeing trips on its New Shepard spacecraf...
May 05, 2021
How scientists are using a ‘romantic solution’ to save endangered white abalone
By Nathan Frandino (Reuters) - White abalone - whose flesh is a delicacy and polished shell is prized as mother of pearl - are threatened with extinction. But scientists are looking to turn the tide f...
May 05, 2021
Starlink satellite internet service gets 500,000 preorders, Musk says
(Reuters) - SpaceX has received more than 500,000 preorders for its Starlink satellite internet service and anticipates no technical problems meeting the demand, founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday. "On...
May 04, 2021
Antibody drug neutralizes virus variants in lab study; COVID-19 antibodies detectable 12 months after infection
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 03, 2021
