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After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth
Even crippled, even without power, even without applause from the beings who first made it, Voyager 1 may yet make itself the Earth's finest achievement.
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China Successfully Lands Space Rocket For First Time, Matching SpaceX And Blue Origin
While America may lead the space race in both total annual launches and Moon missions, the Middle Kingdom just narrowed the gap considerably.
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Here's Everything We Know About The Crash China Doesn't Want You To Know About
In the long term, don't be surprised if we never get a full, official accounting of what happened.
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Metal Balls From Outer Space Invade Australia
Ever have one of those days when you're invaded by strange metallic objects from beyond our planet?
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NASA's Backup Mars Rover May Get Its Chance To Shine (On The Moon)
During a news conference on last week, NASA announced that the agency is "thinking very hard right now" about sending the unsung hero to the Moon
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FAA Wants To Legalize Supersonic Flight If Sonic Booms Stay Quiet Enough
What the FAA is saying now is, hey, the speed of the plane isn't the problem; the sonic boom's power is. So why not regulate the latter instead of the former?
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Heroic Final Flight Of The Skydweller Drone Lasted Eight Days Through A Storm And Still Nearly Made It Home
In all, the Skydweller flew for 192 hours and 14 minutes. Alas, the storm won in the end, and the noble flyer now resides at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
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I Hope F-35s Don't Need Radar, Because They're Being Delivered Without Any
You'll be pleased to learn that America's brave pilots will be getting... ballast. Because the nose is too light to fly properly without the radar inside.
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Scientists Answer Vital Question: What Happens If You Throw A Paper Airplane In Space?
In what must be the greatest scientific paper of all time, Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki attacked the problem with the most serious faces imaginable.
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U.S. Space Force Is Learning To Scramble Rocket Launches Like They're Fighter Jets
If a spacecraft became a threat unintentionally or otherwise, how fast could the Space Force do something about it? Pretty fast, at least by space rocket terms.
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FAA Announces AI Models To Fix Its Safety And Congestion Issues
The AI models will hopefully identify locations that cause more problems than normal, which the FAA can then turn into new guidance, investments, or upgrades.
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Behold Astronomy's Newest Telescope: A Nintendo Game Boy Camera
Astronomers truly live in a bold new era, where ground-breaking camera technology could change the way we understand the universe.
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FCC No Longer Fears Chinese Toys, Lifts Ban On Super-Cheap Drones
Worry not, citizen, for that 6-year-old with a bright blue mini-quadcopter is not a terrorist!
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Russia Is Getting So Starved For Fuel That It May Start Putting Car Gas Into Planes
The fuel used for planes isn't the same as automotive fuel, but Russia may soon be shifting to the lower-octane gas for planes as supplies are running low.
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NASA Almost Evacuated The ISS Because Russia Wanted To Drill The Hull And Use A Saw To Fix A Leak
The station is an elderly thing, and it needs to be put out to pasture soon.
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We Need A New Way To Fly In A GPS-Jammed World
CNN says that 900 commercial flights per day are getting jammed.
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Now Mercedes Will Make Anti-Drone Vehicles Too, Joining European Car Brands' Pivot To Defense
Is there more money in war than production cars?
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Here Is What NASA's Artemis III Mission Will Do
Artemis III can't be the Moon landing mission, because lot of capabilities need to be demonstrated first.
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Green Biofuels Could Save The Day If Oil Supplies Remain Disrupted (And Possibly Cause A Global Food Crisis)
Financially, the more biofuel that is produced, the lower gas prices will stay. But there are high costs beyond what you see on gas station signs.
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Airplanes Could Soon Be Going Hybrid, Too
The hybrid approach has the advantage of being compatible with existing airframes.
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The Military Is Drilling Special Operations Raids In The Heart Of The LA Area, But Don't Panic
From a safety perspective, urban military drills can be disastrous.
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Why Americans Land Spacecraft In The Ocean While The Russians Go For Solid Ground
As you may have heard, rocket science is complicated.
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NASA Unveils Next Generation Of Moon Cars As Plans For A Permanent Lunar Base Take Shape
The return to the Moon isn't just a far-fetched fantasy anymore, but a tangible near future.
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Initiates Largest Change In 70 Years, Solicits Bids To Replace Caltech As Its Manager
A booming industry is proving that private enterprise can make serious strides in space, and JPL is looking to find cheaper ways to do what it's always done.
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FAA Puts Nearly $1 Billion Toward Replacing Air Traffic Control Towers, But Spends Even More Money On Kids
You might expect the federal government to spend a lot on America's airports. Turns out, it's pushing even more cash toward family-friendly airport upgrades.
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Here Are The 42 Aircraft The Pentagon Has Lost In Iran, According To Congress, Since The Pentagon Won't Say
Obviously, an operation this large was always going to suffer losses. The question becomes whether or not the price is worth the result.
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