#The elite Canadian pilot who’ll be flying Virgin Galactic tourists to space

#The elite Canadian pilot who’ll be flying Virgin Galactic tourists to space

“#The elite Canadian pilot who’ll be flying Virgin Galactic tourists to space” Janjua in front of the VSS Imagine, in Mojave, California, at the Virgin Galactic facility (Courtesy of Quinn Tucker/Virgin Galactic) Jameel Janjua calls them “future astronauts.” That’s partly corporate speak—Virgin Galactic’s preferred term for customers who pay upward of US$450,000 for tickets to…

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#NASA’s Hubble Telescope in safe mode again

#NASA’s Hubble Telescope in safe mode again

“#NASA’s Hubble Telescope in safe mode again” National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode yet again. A release from the agency explained it was continuing to look into why the iconic space-based observatory, named in honor of the trailblazing astronomer Edwin Hubble, recently went into the configuration and suspended science operations.  At 1:46 a.m. EDT…

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#Jupiter’s monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep

#Jupiter’s monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep

“#Jupiter’s monster storm not just wide but surprisingly deep” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a storm so big it could swallow Earth, extends surprisingly deep beneath the planet’s cloud tops, scientists reported Thursday. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has discovered that the monster storm, though shrinking, still has a depth of between 200 miles…

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