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China launches key module of space station planned for 2022
BEIJING (Reuters) -China launched an unmanned module on Thursday containing living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media report...
Apr 28, 2021
Placental infection may be more likely early in pregnancy; COVID-19 may cause heart failure in some patients
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 ...
Apr 28, 2021
Michael Collins, the ‘forgotten’ astronaut of Apollo 11, dies at 90
By Rosalba O'Brien (Reuters) -American astronaut Michael Collins, who as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed behind on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the luna...
Apr 28, 2021
Mining robot stranded on Pacific Ocean floor in deep-sea mining trial
(Reuters) - A seabed mining robot being tested on the Pacific Ocean floor at a depth of more than 4 km (13,000 ft) has become detached, the Belgian company running the experimental trial said on Wedne...
Apr 28, 2021
FCC to votes to approve SpaceX satellite plan: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve the SpaceX plan to deploy Starlink satellites at a lower earth orbit, an FCC official confirmed to Reuters. The ...
Apr 27, 2021
John Kerry calls on scientists to lead fight against climate change denial
By Laurie Goering LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Widespread mistrust of science and disputes over basic facts, tied to growing political polarisation and disinformation campaigns, are undermini...
Apr 27, 2021
China launches robot prototype capable of catching space debris with net
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese space mining start-up launched into low Earth orbit on Tuesday a robot prototype that can scoop up debris left behind by other spacecraft with a big net. The NEO-01, whic...
Apr 27, 2021
Blue Origin protests NASA’s awarding of moon lander contract to SpaceX
(Reuters) - Blue Origin, the space rocket company backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is formally challenging the $2.9 billion moon lander contract awarded by NASA to rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. Blue Orig...
Apr 26, 2021
Exclusive: Space entrepreneur Max Polyakov acquires South Africa’s Dragonfly satellite maker
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Max Polyakov, an ultra-wealthy entrepreneur with ambitions of building a space transportation empire, has acquired South African satellite maker Dragonfly Aerosp...
Apr 26, 2021
Genetic study offers good news for endangered Sumatran rhinoceros
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A genome study involving the last remaining populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros - a solitary rainforest dweller - is providing what scientists called good news about the ...
Apr 26, 2021
